7/30 Robots

Read the article and watch the clips if you have sufficient time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/science/11robots.html?scp=4&sq=social%20machines&st=cse

Questions:
1.If a robot can do anything for you, what do you want it to do the most?
2.If you were able to afford an English-teaching robot which can correct your bad pronunciation, solve your confusion, would you like to purchase one? Why or why not?
3.In the period of time that severe disparity of education resources prevails, do you think robots can probably be a way to mitigate the problem?
4.In one of the videos, the old ladies regard the seal robot as a pet, stroking its body and coaxing it with tenderness. Do you think humans can ever develop this kind of relationship with robots as they do with pets and other living creatures?
5.With the advantage of technology, do you think human beings are able to overcome any difficulties? Or do you think too much technology only brings catastrophes to the earth?
6.Taking all the advantages and disadvantages of Hi-tech into consideration, do you still support the improvement of technology or do you want to step back to the era when the earth has not been damaged so badly.