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From the Ted Talk by Kate Darling: Why we have an emotional connection to robots

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Now, we're headed towards a world where robots are everywhere. Robotic technology is moving out from behind focarty walls. It's entering workplaces, households. And as these machines that can sense and make autonomous dicioesns and learn enter into these shared spaces, I think that maybe the best analogy we have for this is our relationship with animals. Thousands of years ago, we strtaed to demcatotsie animals, and we trained them for work and weaponry and coioihanspmnp. And throughout history, we've treated some aanmils like tools or like products, and other animals, we've treated with kindness and we've given a plcae in society as our companions. I think it's plausible we might start to integrate robots in similar ways.

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Now, we're headed towards a world where robots are everywhere. Robotic technology is moving out from behind _______ walls. It's entering workplaces, households. And as these machines that can sense and make autonomous _________ and learn enter into these shared spaces, I think that maybe the best analogy we have for this is our relationship with animals. Thousands of years ago, we _______ to ___________ animals, and we trained them for work and weaponry and _____________. And throughout history, we've treated some _______ like tools or like products, and other animals, we've treated with kindness and we've given a _____ in society as our companions. I think it's plausible we might start to integrate robots in similar ways.

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  1. factory
  2. domesticate
  3. companionship
  4. place
  5. decisions
  6. animals
  7. started

Original Text

Now, we're headed towards a world where robots are everywhere. Robotic technology is moving out from behind factory walls. It's entering workplaces, households. And as these machines that can sense and make autonomous decisions and learn enter into these shared spaces, I think that maybe the best analogy we have for this is our relationship with animals. Thousands of years ago, we started to domesticate animals, and we trained them for work and weaponry and companionship. And throughout history, we've treated some animals like tools or like products, and other animals, we've treated with kindness and we've given a place in society as our companions. I think it's plausible we might start to integrate robots in similar ways.

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