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Ted Talk Analysis

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I chose to watch this TED Talk done by Sam Harris because the topic is one that was interesting to me. He is a neuroscientist and philosopher and the purpose of this speech was to bring awareness to people about the potential dangers we could face with artificial intelligence in the future. He talks about how as we keep progressing and creating better technology we will eventually create artificial intelligence that will surpass us, and likely destroy our society. He goes into a few different ways this could happen, and asks his audience to try to think more about the subject and how we can prevent our destruction. The content of this talk was very interesting as it was about the technological possibilities of our future, that sounded like something out of a science fiction film. Many people seem to be very interested in learning about these crazy technological advancements to be made in our future, but not too many people are worried about the negative effects of these advancements, so I think the subject he was covering is something that is good for us to learn about. He was also pretty …show more content…

It was pretty clear from the introduction where he was going in this talk, and he took us their in a clear and concise way. The main points were all laid out very clearly and he seemed to transition between them well. His conclusion was also pretty good, with a closing statement that made you think about what he wanted the audience to think about. For the delivery he seemed engaged with the audience, and had good posture and maintained eye contact with the audience at all times. He had the appropriate amount of energy, and there were no distractions in his mannerisms or the way he talked that made you lose sight of what he was talking about. His talked seemed perfectly executed to me, with no awkwardness to anything, and a perfect and precise delivery of the

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