Voice Post
https://medium.com/q-n-english/three-months-dating-an-artificial-almost-intelligence-79b712bbbe15
Mateus Bagatini is the content creator for Medium account Questono, and while he writers with an aim to inform people of the latest technologies and cultural trends, his writing is exploited more so through his informal, whinny, nagging voice.
In both posts, he begins with anecdotes and connections to the technology he is referring to and discussing (i.e. AI and scooters). While the lighthearted humor creates a bit of some relevance with the reader, it extends far too long throughout the posts . . . and may I say that I did not like how he called the “AI” voice “sexist” because it was female (you’re a dude and you’re saying that is sexist?! Come on . . .). In other words, Bagatini’s posts, through his casual tone, lack of passion, and elementary vocabulary do not celebrate or encourage culture in the way that other writers (see my Profile post!) do.
Let’s begin.
While annotations of the scooter blog is posted below (excuse the lack of rhetoric, as there is some rhetoric however they are not used in a way that strengthen his voice but rather conflict it, which is why I left it out), only slight diction is creative and inventful. “Nice”, “cool”, and “lame” are used to describe nearly everything and create a rather boring discussion . . . for everyone! Bagatani does this purposefully as he tries to normalize the content of such high intelligence technologies — however through his relaxed and discomposed presentation, he does not appear reliable or credible (even though he attempts to build up a persona). His use of puns, anaphora, and tone shifts are only intriguing temporarily and do not create a long-lasting impression, even though he is an optimistic writer it seems.
In the dating blog post, he does a similar way of establishing his persona of a millennial, relaxed dude like the first post. He uses phrases like “chill and watch Netflix” to be relatable, however in comparison with the rest of the post, it puts him at a position that seems like he maybe does need a higher intelligence to accompany him.
Although the dating-AI analogy is something unlike anything I have read, it did leave me perplexed and wondering what Bagatani was trying to accomplish. I was not familiar with his intentions for the post nor did I get a true sense of what information I should have received.
Additionally, across both posts, there is little excitement transmitted in punctuation or formatting, which I believe was an opportunity truly missed, amongst other opportunities unfortunately missed.
So go ahead and “Netflix and chill”, but go ahead and read anything that is more exciting than these posts! I don’t know whether it was an enlongated Facebook status or a blurb of thoughts and ideas once he got his Google Home, however I do appreciate Bagatani for writing and publishing, as we all should.
