Thursday, September 19, 2013

I, Robot

Which of these statements do you agree with, and which do you disagree with? Choose one item and discuss your answers. Explain why you think this.


  1. A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine.
  2. Robots are the only real hope for the future of human beings.
  3. Many jobs - such as driving buses or trains, rubbish collection, cleaning the streets, looking after children, doing housework - could be done better by robots than by human beings.
  4. "I like robots better than I like human beings. I'd like to see a robot governing the world."
  5. Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do.

42 comments:

  1. I think Robots are useful machines made by human beings to help and serve them. I agree with this statement “Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do” because a human being is neither a thing nor a machine. The difference between them is the life itself. A human being has a nervous system connected with a brain that governs all the movements that keep the human being alive. On the other side a Robot just obeys human orders, they are not alive, so they cannot do many things a Human can do.
    I disagree with this statement “A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine” for humans are not machines and Robots are not perfect machines because they are made by humans and Humans are not perfect, that is the reason why machines can fail.

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  2. I agree with this statement "Robots are the only real hope for the future of human beings" because we humans in the future will need the help of robots in various aspects such as: trips to the moon etc..
    I disagree with this statement "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment, a robot is a perfect machine and efficient" because I believe that we humans if we are efficient as it may not do the same to make the robots but it is to say that humans are inefficient.




    Patricia Navarrete :D

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    1. I agree with you about the "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine." because the human being have created the robot and the robots aren´t more intelligence than human being

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  3. I agree with the statement 4: "I like robots better than I like human beings. I'd like to see a robot governing the world.". Because the humans are a complex organism, and we can be affected by our feelings; furthermore, the humans commonly feel sick, sad, tired. However, the robots are perfects machines, as a result, they don't have problems with feelings. As well the robots follow the 3 laws of Robotic, therefore, they to difference of humans, the robots can't hurt the humans, so a robot who governing the world attempt the human welfare.

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  4. Good Night Teacher,

    For one part I disagree and for another I agree with "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do". If I say I disagree is because if it were true, technology wouldn't be developed potentially around the world, neither it wouldn't exists, because as we know robots are intelligent machines which are managed with advanced technology, and if they were not able to make everything we can make, in consequence, there would not be any support type in our daily life.
    On the other hand, the fact that robots be intelligent machines, even many times more intelligent that the own human being, it doesn't mean that they have to make the whole work that a person naturally makes in life; because if the real life were by this way, there would not be any people in the earth able of developing their own activities for themselves and certainly they would become completely dependent of the technology.

    In other words, I mean robots are usefull to support us to develop difficult things which were not in our reach.

    Martha Martínez
    Reading and Writing 2

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  5. Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do.

    Robots are too important machines, actually, they can do a lot of things that humang beings used to do in the past, they don't need to eat or to sleep, and that is a great adventage for them, but they can never be same than the humnag beings because they don't have feelings, they can not think with their personal autority, they can not work without supervision.
    Robots can not never be like the humnags being, they have a lot of skills but they will not be as stronger and deciding than the humang because they do not have a stronger heart.

    Vicente Jiménez
    Reading & Writing 2

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  6. Good morning
    Master of the Universe
    I think that robots would govern the world better than the humans because robots don't have feelings of ambition,hate and envy.
    Also, robots are created for a purpose and satisfy their purpose instead the human often not serve their mission.
    I believe that the prophecy will be fulfilled when the machine will control the world.
    In other words, Robots will be very capable of governing and will be able to cope with crime.
    Yolao Delgado Cevallos
    Reading and Writing 2

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  7. I disagree with the statement: robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do, because robots are very smart and its never will feel tired, instead the human can't work continuously. the humans work in shifts, in return a machine working 24 hours a day.
    Also, human beings can't do difficult jobs, but the machine can withstand burns, falls and hunger.
    humans are limited in all but robots aren't restricted because are created with the purpose of endure what can't man.
    The fear of man is that one day be displaced by the machine and these insurrection against man.
    Finally I think that the humans have heart that not used it for the well of humanity, however robot don't have heart but have a brains that been used for the progress of the humanity.
    Att.
    Yolao Delgado Cevallos.
    Reading and Writing 2.

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  8. I agree with the statement 3 "Many jobs - such as driving buses or trains, rubbish collection, cleaning the streets, looking after children, doing housework - could be done better by robots than by human beings." because robots in the case of looking after a children, wouldn't hurt any human, rather they would help them to develop more and better skills; and on the other cases of working they would be more punctual and organized. I think they would do those things without any problem.

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  9. I disagree with this "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine." this statement is degrading for the humans, robots are a good machine but not higher than the humans, maybe can do thing like the humans or be more efficient, perhaps the robots do all that the humans do, but dont forget that we created it.


    Jocelyne Andrea Carrasco
    R&W2

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  10. I REALLY BELIEVE THIS STATEMENT ''ROBOTS ARE THE ONLY REAL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMAN BEINGS''. BECAUSE, HUMAN BEINGS ALWAYS THINK NEGATIVELY AND FEAR FOR EVERYTHING. ON THE OTHER HAND, ROBOTS HAVE NO MISTAKES AND FEARS. ROBOTS JUST THINK COOL AND CORRECTLY, IN THE ''NEAR FUTURE'' ROBOTS WILL HAVE TO DECIDE INSTEAD OF US, AND THAT'S WHY ROBOTS ARE WILL PROBABLY BE THE REAL HOPE FOR US! ....
    FABIAN RODRIGUEZ
    READING & WRITING 2

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  11. Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do. I agree with these statement because I think that robots always will need a human being that modify its behavior, and obviously to make them. The robots can´t feel or have emotions, so they can't love like we do. They can't reproduce itself, so with robots the life will be in danger. In sum, there are some things that robots will never can do like us. because they aren't like us.

    Noemí Oyola Pogo.

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  12. A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine. I disagree with this statement because is not true. First, we aren't a "piece of equipment' and nor we will be that. Second, robots aren't perfect or efficient because they depend of an engineer (human being) to have their circuits to obey our orders. Finally, it isn't a battle between robots and human beings because we created them, so we made the perfection.

    Noemí Oyola Pogo.

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  13. I agree with this statement "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do."
    because is so real, the robots can't feel for that reason never will fall in love like the humans, never will feel pain, or never will feel jealous, they can't love,they can't believe in God, they are only a cool machine,don't have feelings, dont have problems with relashionships, they cant eat or sleep, they only need to the human for repair and no more

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  14. I don't agree with the statement that says: A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine. I think that nobody is perfect even robots or human beings. Everybody knows that perfection is something we can't reach and as well as we are imperfect, our creations are imperfect, too. Likewise, on the book "I, Robot" we can see that robots are truly imperfect. They do many things wrong even human beings thought the opposite.They had problems with the "Three laws of Robotic" and sometimes like our dear Herbie, they get crazy. Therefore, we can't fully trust in robots, they are our creations, they can be better than us, but they are not perfect. In conclusion, robots are excellent workers and sometimes they work harder than human beings, but they are just like their MASTER..... IMPERFECT.
    By: Juan Arboleda

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  15. I agree with the statement three that says the robots can do many jobs better than the human beings such as: driving car. If a robot did it, the country wouldn´t have accidents. Cleaning streets. Today we would be suffering overall pollution. However I disagree with statement one that says: a human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine. A human being has the ability to build a robot and a robot has to obey humans because humans are its creators.

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  17. I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS “ROBOTS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN DO”. THE ROBOTS ARE SIMPLE MACHINES BUILT BY HUMAN BEING. I THINK THAT THE HUMAN BEING IS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT TO CAN CREATE THIS TYPE OF ROBOTS, HOWEVER THEY HAVE FAILS SINCE ANYTHING IS PERFECT, FOR EXAMPLE: THEY DON’T HAVE FEELINGS, SO THEY DON’T FEEL PAIN AND EMOTION LIKE HUMANS. ON THE OTHER HAND THEY COULD MAKE MANY THING THAT THE HUMAN BEING COULD NOT DO LIKE WORK THE TWENTY FOUR DAY SINCE THEY DO NOT REST.
    I DISAGREE IN THIS STATEMENT “A HUMAN BEING IS AN INEFFICIENT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT; A ROBOT IS A PERFECT AND EFFICIENT MACHINE”. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE ARE INEFFICIENT, BUT NOT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SINCE THE HUMAN BEING ARE NOT PERFECT. WE ALWAYS ARE FAILING. HOWEVER WE TRY TO IMPROVE EVERYDAY AND EVERY TIME THAT SHOW ANY CHANCE.
    READING AND WRITING 2
    MISS MIRIAM

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  18. I agree with the statement "Many jobs - driving: such as buses or trains, rubbish collection, cleaning the streets, looking after children, doing housework - could be done better by robots than by human beings" because they are a machine perfect, made ​​and programmed to do specific jobs, including not get tired like humans.
    However, I think the statement "Robots will never Be Able to do everything that human beings can do" is more accurate because even a robot could replace us in tasks, but not in feelings, in the wonder of being able to feel the life as such, in our feelings, to breathe, to feel the pleasure of our own life cycle, that no one can replace him, the robots will be able to be useful tools very helpful but our replacement.

    By Yuly Mendoza.

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    1. Yuli I agree with you, because I think this statement "Many jobs - driving: as buses or trains, garbage collection, street cleaning, caring for children, household chores - could be done better by robots humans "is correct because robots can do these jobs better than humans, the robot is a perfect machine, I am also in agreement with this statement" the robots will not be able to do everything that humans can do "is true because the robots will be able to work better than us humans, but will never have best feelings that humans.
      Patricia Navarrete :D

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  19. Hi Teacher, I am agree with the third statement.

    "Many jobs - such as driving buses or trains, rubbish collection, cleaning the streets, looking after children, doing housework - could be done better by robots than by human beings."

    If a robot is designed to realize any of those jobs, there is a strong posibility that robots made those jobs with more efficiency than a human being, because they are cleaner, achievers, honest, responsible, obedient and with those features, they clearly could do a better job than a human being

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  20. Hi again :D I am agree with the fourth statement, and disagree with the first.

    4th: "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do."

    That is true, maybe robots can do heavy activities which human beings can not do, but a robot does not have the ability of feeling and have compassion to others, so they can not resolve troubles about feelings, or at least they can not resolve easier than a human being.

    1st: "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine."

    I am completely disagree with that. Nobody and nothing is perfect in this world, because if human beings would be perfect, they would not have the necessity to create robots which make their activities. We all are imperfect and obviously our creations too.

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    1. Hi gamer, I agree with you in the 5th statement. It's true that robots can not have feelings even in this awesome book says that a robot called Herbie is able to know something about feelings. I don't think it can be a real because how could a peace of metal feel something or understand something about feelings. They can only imitate us or read about this in books, but remember that we never react in the same way. In conclusion, they will never be able to do it because only humans change the way they think.
      By: Juan Arboleda

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    2. Hi GAYmer.
      Yeah you know what I mean, and sorry for my misprint, it's the 5th statement (Y)

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  21. Hi teacher...

    "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do." Because robots can not feel. Technically they are a support machine, robots could not fall in love with their motor skills are concrete and defined by a human mind. Man defines what robots can do. Robots can be helpful but everything in life has a risk. Technology moves quickly, the robots will be part of our society and we have to accept it.

    Jean Guerrero

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  22. I agree with Robots are the only real hope for the future of human beings.
    since the human being are very lazy to do something in 10 years later the robot will be able to do it for us maybe to take care of our children, housework etc but
    Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do. I disagree with them because the robots are simple machine tha only receive order to human bieing and the robots do not have feeling don´t cry.

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    1. I like very much your opinion because I think the same, robots are perfect machines but they are only a few simple machines that they can not have the same reactions that we but obviously no one doubts they are better than us but not at all as in the feelings never we win.
      Patricia Navarrete :D

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  23. Hi teacher..
    I don't agree with the second statement that says: Robots are the only real hope for the future of human beings. I think that humans are trying to create more robots to do their tasks because they don't want to do them. Therefore, in the future human beings will become lazier than now, they won't want to do their work, be someone in life, or do something to prove they are competent. That's the reason why I think they are not our only real hope. In my opinion, inventors must create things to improve humans skills instead of creating something that will cause wrong results in us. In conclusion, robots are really cool and they will continue helping us but only that. They are not our only real hope for the future but we are.
    By: Juan Arboleda

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  24. hi teacher
    I agree with the fifth topic because the robots wil never hve the feelings that the humans have, so they can not fall in love or feel the sadness that the humans feel, suppose that someone feel sad, the robot will never realize that 5the human need help

    atte Carolina Flores

    the last but not the least

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  25. I agree with the statement "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do " robots can not feel what a human feels, humans are capable of creating great experiments and demonstrate their skills but the robots are controlled by humans themselves. They will never be able to have a life. Maite Nieves

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  26. I agree with the statement "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do " robots can not feel what a human feels, humans are capable of creating great experiments and demonstrate their skills but the robots are controlled by humans themselves. They will never be able to have a life. Maite Nieves

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  27. Good Night Teacher,

    I totally disagree with the first statement "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine" because first at all, robots are equipments created by human beings, in such a way that, if humans didn't exist, there wouldn't sufficient intelligence and ability to create and produce robots. Robots can be sufficiently able to realice a billion of activities, but, without help of the human intelligence, it could lose the control of the order for the simple but certain reason that human is the main motor that handles the robot's brain.

    Martha Martínez
    Reading and Writing 2

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  28. Hi Mr.

    I agree with this statement "Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do." because the robots are created by human beings so they always doing the things that human beings teaches them. Furthermore Robots doesnt have feelings, so they doesnt know what is good o bad, they only obey what human beings say.
    Lady Moyano .

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  29. I disagree with this statement "A human being is an inefficient piece of equipment; a robot is a perfect and efficient machine."because humans beings are the creators them. A robot is a perfect and efficient machine created by human being acording the form that human being want to do. In the other hand if human being do not create robots they will never exist.
    Lady Moyano

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  30. I totally disagree whit 'A humam being is an inefficient piece of equipment: A robot is a perfect and efficient machine' because we are totally apt to do anyhing we want... but in many cases we just want a way most easier for anything... and if humans can make a robot whit their information, we would be able to make more difficults things

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  31. I agree with the fact that " Robots will never be able to do everything that human being can do" because robots are just a piece of equipment who have made by humans and we are imperfect beings so we will never create something better than us in all possible ways. The reason of it is that we hav heart and soul. We have been created by our master,God, who has gave us the possibility to feel, to love, to live every second of our lifes, to experiment every moment of our live and feel blessed about it. That is something that robots wont be capable to feel.

    Kenia Alvarado

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  32. "Robots are the only real hope for the future of human beings" Maybe it's not the only real hope,but it's true that we can't make progress in our lifes without it.Nowadays,we need all that technology and machines to make our lifes easier,and a robot is just an advanced machine.So we need get better in this respect.Machines are important in our past,present and future life.

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  33. Well it´s so good to think that one day robots can do all and do our life more easy and confortable, works like drive busses, clean streets, rubbish collection and more. But what will happen with the people that work doing it??? they just lose their jobs and l live in the misery. It´s true the future is comming and the technology grow and grow but a machine never will replace a human being tottality. Viviana R.

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  34. Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do.


    I think that this is the most acceptable item that I could read becuase the robots are created by the humans but we have some qualities that can't be copied by a robot. For Example: we can change our position in a discussion becuase we can think about that but if a robot has a mission he never sleep until the mission finish, it could be bad and they don't stop until the mission finish. If they kill someone, that's would be such a terrible accident.
    For that I think that the robots will never be able to do everything that human can do.

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  35. Robots will never be able to do everything that human beings can do.


    I think that this is the most acceptable item that I could read becuase the robots are created by the humans but we have some qualities that can't be copied by a robot. For Example: we can change our position in a discussion becuase we can think about that but if a robot has a mission he never sleep until the mission finish, it could be bad and they don't stop until the mission finish. If they kill someone, that's would be such a terrible accident.
    For that I think that the robots will never be able to do everything that human can do.

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