INQ120D
Living an Examined Life

Assignment 1

Talking to Machines

Listen to the Radiolab episode ‘Talking to Machines’ and write responses to the following questions and prompts.

  1. The episode has three major sections. Write a one sentence summary of each of the sections.

  2. What is the thesis of the entire episode?

  3. Write a question related to the episode that would make a good prompt for class discussion. Note, a good question doesn’t necessarily have a clear answer.

  4. Answer your question.

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