Name: ______________ Class: _______ Name: ______________ Class: _______ Date: _______________ Date: _______________ Interactive Marker Interactive Marker The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine Is there a point at which the virtual In lines 90–98, examine the graph, and state the claim or argument this content becomes indistinguishable from the supports. real, and would this development be positive or negative? _________________________________ How do the last two sentences underscore In 46–63, what two things does the this point? author compare in this analogy? _________________________________ In 99–116, identify the counterargument Kurzweil is responding to. How does this analogy serve the author’s purpose? What word signals that Kurzweil is about to respond to this claim? How does the fact that the Wide Web is now ubiquitous support Think about a technology that is considered Kurzweil’s argument? new in the present day. Extrapolate how it may develop and change in the future.
Name: ______________ Class: _______ Date: _______________ Interactive Marker The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine Is there a point at which the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real, and would this development be positive or negative? In 46–63, what two things does the author compare in this analogy? How does this analogy serve the author’s purpose? How does the fact that the Wide Web is now ubiquitous support Kurzweil’s argument? Name: ______________ Class: _______ Date: _______________ Interactive Marker The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine In lines 90–98, examine the graph, and state the claim or argument this content supports. How do the last two sentences underscore this point? In 99–116, identify the counterargument Kurzweil is responding to. What word signals that Kurzweil is about to respond to this claim? Think about a technology that is considered new in the present day. Extrapolate how it may develop and change in the future. _________________________________ _________________________________
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