Robo Domination

The potential of technology is constantly growing with time, and the robo-readers are just advancement, but a controversial one at that. Based on the numerous passages that I have read, the programs seem to do a great job on the basis of syntax, grammar, and structure. But, this is only a small part of what writing is about. I agree with source E that if all of teachers would adapt to this new way of grading, much of the essence of the English language would be lost, and writers would reform the way it is written. I obviously agree that there are problems with the writing of the youth on the basis of syntax, grammar, and structure, and this program may help to revise that, but there is so much more to be assessed. Once these skills are mastered by students, the robo-readers become useless.

 As stated in source b, the robos have many flaws in what they believe is a good paper. More words and sophisticated language are important, but the fact that the machines do not recognize the error in content and ideas because a problem when correcting more sophisticated works, especially when leaning more to the creative side of the writing spectrum.

Being a student writer myself, I would agree with the article source F in that students will spend less time crafting beautiful work if they know that only a machine will read it. Plus will all of the ways to fool the reader, as mentioned in sources B, E, and F, there are so many ways to fool the systems, that students will soon take these shortcuts and end of worse writers than they were before. The quality of writing will plummet. As if students weren’t already unmotivated to do their homework.

Plus, the robos lack an essential part of the editing process: the ability to assess the ideas and give feedback on them. That is what is most helpful to me is the corrections of my ideas and content of the essay. I can grammar check it for myself, but I can’t inquire the thoughts of the teachers who have been disciplined to be experts on the matter. So ultimately, contradicting source d, we will not end up better writers, but even worse than before. We do not improve so much as writer more, but thinking about what to write.

These programs seem to be a good idea to be possibly leased to the students to edit their own papers beforehand, but not as the final assessment of their work. It could become a very advanced version of spell check, which may make us better writings, but not to only rely on them. Plus, how many responsibilities can we take from humans and give to computers?