Integrating Quotations (3)
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Portfolio Task #2: Integrating Quotations (5%)
Your Task: Demonstrate your ability to quote relevant passages of text, to integrate those text references in your own sentence, and to correctly cite and document those text references. For this assignment, we are asking you to quote passages from this reading: Title:
“I bonded with a robot”
Author:
Annalee Newitz Source:
New Scientist
Year:
2022
Volume:
253
Issue:
3368
Page #s:
22
Source:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(22)00010-0
Instructions:
Write your responses to each question in the text boxes provided. The boxes will expand if you want to write more than the space provided. Use “Save As” to give the file a new name after you begin to ensure that you do not accidentally submit the blank template for grading. Carefully read the assignment instructions in the eConestoga Evaluations module and refer to the grading rubric to make sure that you have completed all aspects of the assignment correctly.
If you have any difficulties using this template, please contact your professor immediately and they will assist you.
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1. How does the author of “I bonded with a robot” describe how it feels to share their thoughts with an AI Chatbot? Quote a short passage from paragraph 4 using the parenthetical
citation style in your answer. You may choose to use one of the following signal phrases in your answer, or you may compose your own signal phrase to integrate the quotation into your sentence.
Sample signal or reporting phrases
:
Somewhat surprisingly,
The author reports that, in their experience,
One obvious benefit of using an AI Chatbot is that. Write your answer in the box below.
The author reports that, in their experience “
It is like texting with the most non-
judgmental entity you have ever met. I never have to worry about Woebot's
opinions because it is little more than a blob of natural language processing
algorithms and pre-written responses, some of which include corny dad jokes
Information Icon. Idiom Alarm: In this context, the phrase “corny dad jokes” is
mean to describe a kind of joke that is old-fashioned, predictable, and not very
funny
. (Annalee Newitz, 2022, I bonded with a robot, para. 4)
2. Woebot is not a generative chatbot, meaning it does not create its own unique replies to human input. How does Woebot choose its responses?
Quote a short passage from paragraph 7 using the parenthetical
citation style in your answer. For this question, choose an appropriate signal phrase on your own to integrate
the quotation into your sentence.
Write your answer in the box below.
According to author
Annalee Newitz’s
in her article,
I bonded with a robot “
It isn't 2
what AI programmers call a "generative" chatbot; it doesn't build original statements after learning from a giant data set. Instead, it reads what I write and then chooses a reply from thousands of possible phrases.” (para. 7)
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3. Newitz concludes their article by contrasting “bonding” and “engagement”. What final thought, regarding these two ideas, does Newitz leave readers with? Quote a short passage from paragraph 14 using the narrative
citation style in your answer. You may choose to use one of the following verbs/phrases in your answer, or you may compose your own phrase to integrate the quotation into your sentence.
Sample phrases
:
Newitz (citation) concludes that,
Newitz’s (citation) final thought on interacting with Woebot is that,
Newitz (citation) leaves the reader with the suggestion that,
Write your answer in the empty box below. Newitz’s article, “I bonded with a robot”, leaves readers with a suggestion that,
and you know what? In the bizarre world of 2022, it might be healthier to bond with a robot
than be "engaged" on social media.” (para. 14)
4. What does Newitz claim is the best part of using Woebot? Quote a short passage from paragraph 10 using the narrative
citation style in your answer. For this question, choose an appropriate signal phrase on your own to integrate
the quotation into your sentence.
Write your answer in the empty box below. In the author’s experience,
“Best of all, Woebot is always there, even when I'm lying
awake in the middle of the night. That's exactly the point, according to Darcy. "Your therapist should not be in bed with you at 2 am," she laughs. But Woebot can be.” (
Annalee Newitz, 2022, I bonded with a robot, para. 10
)
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5. Provide a full reference entry for the text quoted in this exercise, using the assigned academic style guide.
Place your reference in the empty box below, in the appropriate location. Some features
of a real reference page have already been included, and the necessary spacing and formatting requirements have also been selected. Reference
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Newitz, A. (2022), I bonded with a robot, New Scientist, 253(3368), 22, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(22)00010-0
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