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Discourse analysis of academic debate of ethics for AGI

Discourse analysis of academic debate of ethics for AGI

Artificial general intelligence is a greatly anticipated technology with non-trivial existential risks, defined as machine intelligence with competence as great/greater than humans. To date, social scientists have dedicated little effort to the ethics of AGI or AGI researchers. This paper employs inductive discourse analysis of the academic literature of two intellectual groups writing on the…

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Discourse and Migration

Abstract Since the 1960s the multidisciplinary study of discourse has become increasingly popular in the humanities, as well as the cognitive, social and political sciences. This new cross-discipline offers many sophisticated quantitative and especially qualitative methods for the explicit and systematic analysis of text and talk, including the analysis of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, narrative, argumentation,…

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Identifying Values Through Discourse Analysis

Identifying Values Through Discourse Analysis

Abstract The aim of this chapter is to show how values can be identified through discourse analysis. To elaborate on this, we describe what discourse analysis is by drawing on theoretical contributions and earlier writings on the approach. Discourse analysis is presented here by three traditions with different theoretical and methodological connotations. The three approaches…

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Etymology and Semantics of the Term Discourse in Modern Humanities

Etymology and Semantics of the Term Discourse in Modern Humanities

Abstract This article discusses and systematizes modern approaches to the interpretation of the notion of discourse. The notion of discourse analysis, features and general characteristics of communicative discourse. Key concepts: discourse, discourse analysis, communication, communicative discourse. There are a variety of communicative skills, which are undoubtedly useful and necessary for everyone who wishes to establish…

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Discourse Analysis and Language Pedagogy A Review

Discourse Analysis and Language Pedagogy: A Review

Taking discourse approach towards language teaching has been drawing researchers’ and practitioners’ attention since the introduction of discourse analysis as a discipline in social sciences. Based on the premise that education for sustainable development (ESD) in language pedagogy cannot be realized fully unless language teachers are equipped with theoretical issues in discourse analysis, the purpose…

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