Rhetorical Analysis of Humans Need Not Apply by CGP Grey

This essay aims at rhetorically analyzing the provided piece based on a video by CGP Grey, which is named “Humans Need Not Apply”. The essay states that technological innovation has advanced a lot and artificial intelligence based robots are not a part of scientific fiction any longer; they are very much a part of reality. The aim of this essay is not giving details regarding the negative aspects of technology, yet it aims at establishing the fact, before the readers, that robots are certainly going to replace humans in the sphere of workforce, in not so distant a future.

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English assignments
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Rhetorical analysis
Introduction
The present essay aims at rhetorically analyzing the provided piece based on a video by
CGP Grey, which is named “Humans Need Not Apply” (Simsek et al. 2015). The essay states
that technological innovation has advanced a lot and artificial intelligence based robots are not a
part of scientific fiction any longer; they are very much a part of reality (CGP Grey 2018). The
aim of this essay is not giving details regarding the negative aspects of technology, yet it aims at
establishing the fact, before the readers, that robots are certainly going to replace humans in the
sphere of workforce, in not so distant a future.
Discussion
The following rhetorical concepts have been implemented in the essay by fetching liable textual
evidence:
Ethos
The above-mentioned piece propagates that science and capitalism emerge together and
view only profit at the cost of deprivation of human rights. The readers are likely to consider
this particular article credible, since this article deals with artificial intelligence, technological
developments and capitalist tendency, which exists and have been tested and proven real.
Pathos
The piece contains a flavor of dystopia, which appeals to the inquisitive minds of the
readers. This piece further propagates the method in which a capitalist society functions and
leads to economic and social despair; this particular point appeals every section of the human

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race, however, the piece does not directly highlight this problem (Miller and Pessoa 2016). The
piece provides a rejuvenating alternative to the clichéd sociological concept of ‘leisure society’
(CGP Grey 2018). The points of crisis proposed by the piece cannot be declared false, the
readers perceive the reality of the threat posed to their working sphere in near future, by the
representatives of automation.
Logos
With the advancement in the field of technology, this particular piece puts forth several
progressions in the domain of science and lets the readers learn about the advances achieved in
the field of robotics and other such domains. The author proposes various instances in the sphere
of progression, initiating from the invention of mechanical tools, such as plows and tractors. The
article demonstrates examples to portray the way in which advancements expand the economies
and consequently standards of living rise. In a subtle manner the article brings forth the instances
of horses and their imaginary conversation regarding their workless condition, owing to the
advent of mechanical power (CGP Grey 2018). This aims at drawing a parallel to human
condition in a future full of robots.
Conclusion
The draft essay contains an interesting beginning, comprehensible middle and logical
end; each paragraph proposes a topic sentence for instance the opening paragraph points out how
automation is going to affect human employment. The draft essay critically analyzes the aspects
of the text and implements rhetorical concepts by fetching evidence from the text and does not
merely summarize it. Nevertheless, it would not be intelligible to imply that since robots are
likely to render humans jobless, one must not proceed with their development and further
establishment. The piece is not completely correct, when speaking about invention of tools; it

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was a creative process and was not built merely out of lazy thoughts. Moreover, no mechanical
production is capable of replacing creativity and consequently producing art; the brain is not any
mechanical device. However, the aspect proposed by the article cannot be completely negated,
the future of humans is going to witness economic and social crisis.

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References
CGP Grey. 2018. Humans Need Not Apply. [online] Available at:
http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/humans-need-not-apply [Accessed 10 Feb. 2018].
Miller, R.T. and Pessoa, S., 2016. Where's your thesis statement and what happened to your
topic sentences? Identifying organizational challenges in undergraduate student argumentative
writing. TESOL Journal, 7(4), pp.847-873.
Simsek, D., Sandor, A., Shum, S.B., Ferguson, R., De Liddo, A. and Whitelock, D., 2015,
March. Correlations between automated rhetorical analysis and tutors' grades on student essays.
In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge (pp.
355-359). ACM.