English: Writing Argumentative Essay

Overview: Argument Research Paper

About Artificial Intelligence

You will develop an 800 plus word argument research essay on your topic. Your essay will include a clear thesis and well developed key ideas with topic sentences and supporting examples.  The essay will also follow the conventional organization of the three elements of introduction, body and conclusion.

Introduction: A good introduction needs to get your reader interested in your topic, provide relevant background information for that topic and, in a thesis statement, state the main points that support your claim (stance) about the topic. Your thesis should be the last sentence in the introduction paragraph.

Body: Write a minimum of three support paragraphs. As this is an extended research essay, each main idea may need to be developed into more than one body paragraph. You must also include Counterargument and Refutation within the body of your essay. Your supporting paragraphs must have clear and relevant details, must be well-researched (with good, credible sources and accurate documentation), and must be well-presented and persuasive. 

Conclusion: A good conclusion needs to summarize the argument (reiterate the thesis and summarize the body of the essay) and to explain new understanding.

Works Cited: You must cite from at least FIVE sources including at least one perspective that differs from yours. The citations should be on a separate Works Cited page at the end of the essay.

Resources

MLA formatting, documentation, and other writing resources. MLA formatted Annotated Bibliography that lists and annotates at least FIVE independently researched scholarly and/or critical articles on the topic you are writing about(including at least one perspective that differs from yours.). Credible sources may include, scholarly articles, newspaper articles/ editorials, news organizations such as NPR, CNN. Each annotation should be about 150 words

Directions

Will AI brings us more benefits or create more problems? Can AI bring better forms of society and lifestyles, improves sustainability, solves pressing world problems, speed up science and technological development to more positive direction, or a threat to us, social instability, increases inequality, job displacement without creating new jobs, drive science and technological development to more negative direction?

1. Consider the question "Do the risks of AI outweigh the benefits?" 

Key Questions to consider when examining this topic:

· Will AI bring us more benefits or create more problems?

· Does AI affect our society and lifestyles in positive or negative ways?

· Can AI help solve pressing world problems or speed up science and technological development to a more positive direction?

· Does AI threaten social stability and equality or drive science and technological development to a more negative direction?