The document discusses a lesson about the future world and the role of technology and machines. It asks students to imagine the world of 2055 and whether robots will replace humans for certain jobs. It also asks students to consider what robots are currently capable of doing compared to humans and what tasks robots still cannot perform such as feeling emotions, seeing in the dark, or crying.

1. “ The problem is not if machines think but if men do it” Lesson 6 Monday 9th, November 2009

2. What is one of the first questions I ask when we start the class? What did we do last class?

3. It was the year 2055

4. We were walking along the beach… and found a bottle with a message inside. . .

5. Let see What where the messages we found in the bottle?

6. It is the year 2055 What things do you think will be old-fashioned? Will technology be the same? What about the world in general?

7. What do you think? Is it true that the world is changing?

8. Task 1. Work with a partner or in small groups and describe the world of the future. How do you imagine it ? Are there going to be robots working instead of men? What do you think are there going to be the good and the bad things of the world of the future?

9. Humans v/s Machines Do you think machines work better than men?

10. Why would a company choose to use robots instead of humans? They do not need a lunch break B) They never get sick C) Both

11. In which of these situations would a robot be used instead of a human? A cat was stuck up in a very tall tree B) A terrorist planted a bomb in an office building C) An elephant escaped from the circus

12. Which of the following cannot a robot do? Eat B) Talk C) Walk

13. What other things can NOT a robot do? Can a robot . . . Go up and downstairs? Feel sadness, pain or mercy? “ See” in the dark? Cry? Pick up very heavy objects?

14. Now open your book on page 136 Activities: page 136 Exercise 2