Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT16 S2 Q10 Explanation

A fundamental illusion in robotics

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Stimulus

A fundamental illusion in robotics is the belief that improvements in robots will liberate humanity from "hazardous and demeaning work." Engineers are designing only those types of robots that can be properly maintained with the least expensive, least skilled human labor possible. substitute one type of demeaning work for another.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
10.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to the criticism

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    ignores the consideration that in a competitive business environment some jobs might be eliminated if robots are not

  2. Trap8% picked this

    assumes what it sets out to prove, that robots create

  3. Trap8% picked this

    does not specify whether or not the engineers who design robots consider

  4. Trap1% picked this

    attempts to support its conclusion by an appeal to the emotion of fear, which is often experienced by people faced with the prospect

  5. Correct80% picked this

    fails to address the possibility that the amount of demeaning work eliminated by robots might be significantly greater

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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