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Summary Of Ai Innovators Should Be Listening To Kids By Urs Gasser

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The opinion piece titled ‘ Ai innovators should be listening to kids’ by Urs Gasser the executive director of the Birken Klein centre for internet and society at Harvard university posted on WIRED on the 26/11/2019, he talks with a professional tone. He's able to educate people about AI and how it affects the younger generation . Gasser believes that AI innovators should be listening to kids as they are the people who will be using AI in the technological world. Gasser uses this to inform Adults and AI innovators about the need to involve the younger generations. Gasser suggests that involving the younger generation will create a better technological future. He believes that utilising young people's ideas, thoughts and knowledge will make it possible to enhance the AI and technological …show more content…

He discusses critical choices that we will need to make to determine our technology filled future. Gasser uses terms such as “AI-natives” and “Digital Natives” to persuade the audience to agree with his expert opinion by using a jargon, this influences the readers by gaining their trust and encourages the audience to agree with his beliefs. He also appeals to fear while stating that a “crisis” will happen if we don't involve the youth in our technological future. Gasser believes that the younger generation is very technologically aware and are able to use technology in different and unexpected ways, which impacts the audience's opinion to involve the youth. He claims that involving kids in technology and AI would not only enhance online apps but also greatly change the future for the better. Gasser uses Emma Yang, a teenager who designed an app that uses facial recognition to help people with alzheimers, as an example. This example is a way for Gasser to use páthos by giving a real example of how teenagers can shape the technological

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