Exercise 1. Contradict the statements

1. There is no substitute for a human worker.

2. Human beings have no superiority over robots.

3. Robots can exist without humans.

Post Script Exercises.

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:

0 A desiring В trying С hoping D expecting

ROBOTS

Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been (0).... for the
invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs (1).... the house. If boring
and repetitive factory work could be (2).... by robots, why not boring and repetitive
household chores too?

For a long time the only people who really (3)......the problem their attention were

amateur inventors. And they came up (4).... a major difficulty. That is, housework is

.... very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot

.... one task endlessly (7).... it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn't run

the (8).... factory. A housework robot, on the other (9)......, has to do several different

(10).... of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (11).... all the different

shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments! cats and dogs.

(12) there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to (13)....

the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is (14).... is the software - the programs that will (15).... the machine.