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From the Ted Talk by Ali Kashani: A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

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Think about it. You're walknig down the street, and you see your very first robot. That's the moment when you're going to decide if this is a frtuue you love or fear. And with a lot of people having these dyptaoisn ideas, we need to open their midns. We want to surprise and delight them, so that we can win them over on first ispmireson. This is what we came up with. It's familiar, but it's also surprising. It's just a shopping cart, but it also looks like we crossbred WALL-E with Minions. If you live in San Francisco or Los Angeles, chances are one of these has already delivered your food.

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Think about it. You're _______ down the street, and you see your very first robot. That's the moment when you're going to decide if this is a ______ you love or fear. And with a lot of people having these _________ ideas, we need to open their _____. We want to surprise and delight them, so that we can win them over on first __________. This is what we came up with. It's familiar, but it's also surprising. It's just a shopping cart, but it also looks like we crossbred WALL-E with Minions. If you live in San Francisco or Los Angeles, chances are one of these has already delivered your food.

Solution

  1. dystopian
  2. walking
  3. future
  4. impression
  5. minds

Original Text

Think about it. You're walking down the street, and you see your very first robot. That's the moment when you're going to decide if this is a future you love or fear. And with a lot of people having these dystopian ideas, we need to open their minds. We want to surprise and delight them, so that we can win them over on first impression. This is what we came up with. It's familiar, but it's also surprising. It's just a shopping cart, but it also looks like we crossbred WALL-E with Minions. If you live in San Francisco or Los Angeles, chances are one of these has already delivered your food.

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