As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Since the beginning of civilization, innovation is always looked down. When electricity was invented, people protested against its launch and raised questions about its origin. They claimed that its not safe enough to introduce to societies where people can die from electric shocks. When paper was invented, people were concerned about the loss of plant life and censured its importance. There isn't an invention made for betterment of humans in history that was immune to public disapproval. And yet these are the trite in present. These disproval is a result of misconception that machines could end up replacing humans or could result in humans losing their abilities to perform certain tasks.
Human brain is a complex system. It consists of billions of neurons which are connected in an intricate pattern to accomplish different tasks. These neurons run the same task again and again and yet each time the results get better. They are trained by experiences. The quote "Practice makes man perfect " is a perfect analogy to this system. The problem solving skills a human posses also arises from this neurons which are proportional to experiences the individual has. For years, machines and technology are trying to mimic this brain activity. A machine is nothing but a technology that tries to replicate the actions of a brain and consequently the movements of humans. Hence it is unfair to claim that these machines dominate humans or that they are better than humans. They just help in reducing the time people spent in performing tasks rather than completely eradicating the ability to perform this task.
Consider a calculator. It was made to reduce the stress of arduous calculations student's have to make for solving mathematical questions. This invention was met with the same resistance as any innovation would attract. The most prominent argument was how student's would lose their ability to make simple calculations. At present, many universities and schools specifically ask student's to bring their calculators for tests and classes, dissolving the protests previously made. Their question papers no longer test their ability to make simple calculations but the concepts they have learnt. With advancements in technologies educational institutes and other industries are updating their workings in a way that accommodates the present trends. This states that with advancements getting bigger and bigger, so are the problems that people need to face. Global warming, over population, endangered species and so on, are some examples.
Adding to the above example, when encountered with people with disorders that prevents them from making basic calculations or disorders that denies them the ability to count with their fingers, the calculator goes a long way in helping them. Without its existence these people are at a severe disadvantage when educational institutes are more concerned about testing the students ability to calculate than their ability to understand a concept. These people can now attempt these tests with an equal footing with others. But this also adds a severe disadvantage to students by creating a sense of insecurity. Without enough practice and constant usage of calculators they might loose their confidence to make simple calculations without cross checking with the calculator. This diminishes their self confidence and makes them exclusively dependent on calculators.
One might argue that, though humans are not below technology , they are not completely independent either. From the time they wake up with the help of an alarm in their mobile phones to the time they spend watching television before bed, human lives are entrenched with technology. Even in the above example its clear how dependent students are on calculators. At first glance this could be seen as a bad thing. And yet when compared the lives of an eighteenth century resident, who led a life free of present technology, it can be quickly concluded that this dependency is of no harm and even makes life easier.
Even though a machine can perform a task with an efficiency that is many times greater than that of a human, it still lacks the decision making skills that a human posses. If a machine can make ten donuts in thirty seconds, which is three times lesser than the time a human would take, a human still needs to taste and test the quality of these donut before it is made available in the market. No matter the peaks a technology can achieve, it needs to be initiated, evaluated and tested by a human.
Evaluating all the examples provided in the above paragraphs, it is safe to assume that technology, though it makes humans lazy and dependent, it never effects their ability of solving problems and might even sharpen this ability. Our educational institutions everchanging testing techniques and curriculums is the base for this claim.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 389, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
...t life and censured its importance in a students life. There isnt an invention made for ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 410, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...ts importance in a students life. There isnt an invention made for betterment of hum...
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Line 2, column 139, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: These
... pattern to accomplish different tasks. This neurons run the same task again and aga...
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Line 2, column 394, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'poss', 'posse'?
Suggestion: poss; posse
...tem. The problem solving skills a human posses also arises from this neurons which are...
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Line 2, column 418, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... skills a human posses also arises from this neurons which are proportional to exper...
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Line 2, column 779, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...tions of brain and consequently humans. Hence it is unfair to call these machines sup...
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Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: NEW_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'innovation'.
Suggestion: innovation
...was met with the same resistance as any new innovation would attract. The most prominent argum...
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Line 3, column 267, Rule ID: LOOSE_LOSE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'lose' (= miss, waste, suffer the loss etc.)?
Suggestion: lose
...ominent argument was how students would loose their ability to make simple calculatio...
^^^^^
Line 4, column 384, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
...es are more concerned about testing the students ability to calculate than their ability...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 679, Rule ID: LOOSE_LOSE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'lose' (= miss, waste, suffer the loss etc.)?
Suggestion: lose
...onstant usage of calculators they might loose their confidence to make simple calcula...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 163, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'poss', 'posse'?
Suggestion: poss; posse
...the decision making skills that a human posses. If a machine can make ten donuts in th...
^^^^^^
Line 6, column 61, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
..., though humans are not below technology , they are not completely independent eit...
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Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ms and might even sharpen this ability.
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, hence, if, look, second, so, still
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 97.0 58.6224719101 165% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3544.0 2235.4752809 159% => OK
No of words: 695.0 442.535393258 157% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09928057554 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13447686263 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7334686098 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 332.0 215.323595506 154% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.477697841727 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 1124.1 704.065955056 160% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 37.0 20.2370786517 183% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 56.745584486 60.3974514979 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.7837837838 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7837837838 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.78378378378 5.21951772744 34% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 13.0 7.80617977528 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 5.13820224719 272% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.149650187651 0.243740707755 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0354704943048 0.0831039109588 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0327836342751 0.0758088955206 43% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.07781690653 0.150359130593 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0213584114318 0.0667264976115 32% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.1392134831 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 162.0 100.480337079 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 389, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
...t life and censured its importance in a students life. There isnt an invention made for ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 410, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...ts importance in a students life. There isnt an invention made for betterment of hum...
^^^^
Line 2, column 139, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: These
... pattern to accomplish different tasks. This neurons run the same task again and aga...
^^^^
Line 2, column 394, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'poss', 'posse'?
Suggestion: poss; posse
...tem. The problem solving skills a human posses also arises from this neurons which are...
^^^^^^
Line 2, column 418, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... skills a human posses also arises from this neurons which are proportional to exper...
^^^^
Line 2, column 779, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...tions of brain and consequently humans. Hence it is unfair to call these machines sup...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: NEW_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'innovation'.
Suggestion: innovation
...was met with the same resistance as any new innovation would attract. The most prominent argum...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 267, Rule ID: LOOSE_LOSE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'lose' (= miss, waste, suffer the loss etc.)?
Suggestion: lose
...ominent argument was how students would loose their ability to make simple calculatio...
^^^^^
Line 4, column 384, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
...es are more concerned about testing the students ability to calculate than their ability...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 679, Rule ID: LOOSE_LOSE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'lose' (= miss, waste, suffer the loss etc.)?
Suggestion: lose
...onstant usage of calculators they might loose their confidence to make simple calcula...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 163, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'poss', 'posse'?
Suggestion: poss; posse
...the decision making skills that a human posses. If a machine can make ten donuts in th...
^^^^^^
Line 6, column 61, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
..., though humans are not below technology , they are not completely independent eit...
^^
Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ms and might even sharpen this ability.
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, hence, if, look, second, so, still
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 97.0 58.6224719101 165% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3544.0 2235.4752809 159% => OK
No of words: 695.0 442.535393258 157% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09928057554 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13447686263 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7334686098 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 332.0 215.323595506 154% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.477697841727 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 1124.1 704.065955056 160% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 37.0 20.2370786517 183% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 56.745584486 60.3974514979 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.7837837838 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7837837838 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.78378378378 5.21951772744 34% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 13.0 7.80617977528 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 5.13820224719 272% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.149650187651 0.243740707755 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0354704943048 0.0831039109588 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0327836342751 0.0758088955206 43% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.07781690653 0.150359130593 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0213584114318 0.0667264976115 32% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.1392134831 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 162.0 100.480337079 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.