That, readers, would be less than ideal.
conclusion- Dowd concludes that the unchecked expansion of A.I. in media and culture is dangerous and should be approached with caution or resistance.
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at some point, it’s like civilizational and species collapse.”
Slippery Slope: This claim suggests an extreme outcome without fully demonstrating that intermediate steps are inevitable, which may weaken the argument’s strength.
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Everybody becomes alienated and nervous and unsure of their own value, and the whole thing falls apart, and at some point, it’s like civilizational and species collapse.”
premise- This premise suggests that reliance on simulations and fakes leads to psychological and social harm, reinforcing the argument that A.I. poses risks beyond economic concerns.
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implicit premise- Social and political stability depend on a shared ability to distinguish between what is real and what is fake.
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Sora will certainly be used by some to justify rejecting real content as fake. “Until recently,” the Times story noted, “videos were reasonably reliable as evidence of actual events, even after it became easy to edit photographs and text in realistic ways.
Dowd concludes that widespread A.I.-generated media will undermine public trust in evidence and shared reality, especially in political contexts.
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“Increasingly realistic videos are more likely to lead to consequences in the real world by exacerbating conflicts, defrauding consumers, swinging elections or framing people for crimes they did not commit, experts said,”
Dowd appeals to expert opinion to support the claim that realistic A.I.-generated media will exacerbate social conflict and misinformation.
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Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, debuted his Sora app, which creates alarmingly realistic videos of fake scenes.
Dowd introduces Sora as evidence that A.I. media can convincingly fabricate realistic videos, expanding the argument beyond Hollywood labor to the problem of misinformation and deception.
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All over Hollywood, actresses are cursing Tilly,
From multiple examples, Dowd concludes that A.I. performers pose a serious threat to human actors and artistic labor in Hollywood.
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Norwood is A.I., and Blunt is P.O.’d. In fact, she says, she’s terrified.
This introduces the concern that A.I. performers are perceived as a real threat by human actors. It functions as an illustrative premise that frames the argument emotionally and establishes that resistance to A.I. in Hollywood already exists among industry professionals.
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the organization said that trace amounts of abortion pills and fetal remains in wastewater could arguably injure people, animals, and the environment.
even with the time line suggesting that the motive is flawed, they claim to care for the people and animals that it could harm
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This kind of wastewater surveillance technology has been used to assess how much fentanyl is circulating in a community.
this type of water testing has been used in the past
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a major anti-abortion group
the group defends itself by saying they wont trace women but they just care more for the expose enviornmental harm
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“accidentally built the Death Star.”
This technology will have a tremendous snowball effect. If you can "punish" people that have taken a abortion pill what else can you do with it, how far can this possibly go.
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Legal experts who specialize in abortion noted that wastewater testing technology could
using the waste water to potentially track down someone that took these abortion medication brings up the question of legality.
women recieving the pills may not hold up in court since theres no specific instances of the women receiving the pills.
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legally fraught and extremely costly.
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which women usually take at home in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy — has inspired many anti-abortion activists to push for new approaches to curtail their use.
the purpose is to reduce the amount of women taking these pills
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E.P.A. administrator, asking the agency to investigate how the abortion drug mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply.
overall claim of the article
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medication.
legal or illegal?
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This is a department within the US Federal Bureacracy. Known as EPA.
The purpose of the EPA is to protect human health and enviornment by enforcing enviornmental laws. They conduct scientific research, provide grants and technical assistance, and work with both the state and local governments.
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wouldn’t have to pay
premise 6: economic incentive
claim: ai will cut cost tremendously (wont have to pay the actor, be able to produce faster, no breaks would be needed, ect.)
This premise supports the conclusion that ai will replace humans because its cheaper, not because the quality of the art is better.
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premise 5- people already want short shallow content
the author suggest that audiences already now prefer shorter content and quick entertainment (ex. tiktok, youtube shorts, reels)
logical point: human driven art may lose its value to ai because the audience now values speed and simplicity over depth.
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Marvel, sequels, adaptations and streaming shows that feel a
Premise 4: Ai will thrive in a "degraded hollywood"
Claim: the industry is all a formula and algorithm driven Connection: If creativity is already automated, ai will fit perfectly- worsening the decline
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That, readers, would be less than ideal.
The overall conclusion is ai's growing role in entertainment and media threatens authenticity, creativity, and societies grasp on whats real and whats fake.
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Uncanny Valley
human connection is already depleting due to technology. This highlighted portion supports the claim that A.I. deepens an existing problem
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the head of OpenAI, debuted his Sora app, which creates alarmingly realistic videos of fake scenes.
This leads to political division, mistrust, confusion, and harm to the individuals who have fake content being made about them.
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malleable actors
supporting my premise: - AI actors are replacing humans and theyre more appealing to the studios.
This shows economic and creative incentives for replacing humans.
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In the immortal words of Emily Blunt, “Good Lord, we’re screwed.”
The main implied argument throughout this article is the rise of Ai in entertainment threatens genuine human connection.
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“She’s not going to talk back,”
Diagraming this argument that is IN favor of using AI actress would look like: "shes not going to talk back" + "...wants her to be the next Scarlett Johansson" = this is better (im not sure if im supposed to find a specific quote that supports it).
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Told that Tilly’s creator, Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch former actress with a master’s in physics, wants her to be the next Scarlett Johansson,
I would say this is the main argument being made throughout the article.
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