A Copious Void: Rhetoric as Artificial Intelligence 1.0

Rhetoric Society Quarterly May 2024 OA PDF

A Copious Void: Rhetoric as Artificial Intelligence 1.0

Atilla Hallsby

Abstract

Rhetoric is a trace retained in and by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. This concept illuminates how rhetoric and AI have faced issues related to information abundance, entrenched social inequalities, discriminatory biases, and the reproduction of repressive ideologies. Drawing on their shared root terminology (stochastic/artifice), common logic (zero-agency), and similar forms of organization (trope+algorithm), this essay urges readers to consider the etymological, ontological, and formal dimensions of rhetoric as inherent features of contemporary AI.

Journal: Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published: 2024-05-26
DOI: 10.1080/02773945.2024.2343265
Open Access: OA PDF Bronze
Topics: artificial intelligence multilingual writers

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