Robot Debation

Robots are bad for society

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Robots are bad for society for many reasons, I mean, look at The Terminator, do you want a war, man against crazy killer robots that can disguise themselves as humans? We all will die!

Also, when you think about it, robots are taking over more and more of people's jobs as technology gets more advanced. And if you have lost your job, well, they're not exactly gonna pay ya if you don't do anything anymore. Buying the robots may cost a bit, but they don't need to be paid, so in the long term, they are going to be saving a lot of coin.

Nowadays, people can use lots of different kinds of robots for lots of different kinds of entertainment. Regular animals could eventually be replaced by robotic pets, and the animals wouldn't be needed, and may even die out.

Robots are good for society

Robots are awesome for society! Imagine waking up, asking your personal robot butler for breakfast in bed. You wouldn't have to move a muscle, while breakfast is delivered to you. Going to a hotel, and being welcomed by a bored manager with a forced smile, well problem gone. Please welcome, the one and only ASIMO!

Tired of being burnt, and risking death everyday because you have to try out new military clothing? Bring in Petman! Your problem will be immediately solved by this high-tech robot, that can even  artificially sweat.

Robots can go loads of places that humans can't, I mean, look at curiosity, it's on mars!

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Aibo the Robot Dog

Aibo stands for Artificial Intelligence Robot. He is a 25-cm toy robot made by the Sony Corporation in Japan, and was made to act like a dog. When you first start him off, he acts like a puppy, and goes around exploring.

There are lots of other companies competing to create robotic pets, such as the robot dog Genibo QD, made by the Korean company Dasatech. QD greatly resembles Aibo. He was made to resemble a bull terrier. Genibo can share emotions with his owner, and he uses a camera and sensors to 'see'.

When his battery is low, he finds the nearest electricity outlet and ‘sleeps' while his battery is charging. It learns to recognise it’s owner, like a real dog would, and even starts to learn commands, like ‘sit’, and ‘roll over’. It acts like it is happy when you play with it, and acts sad and whimpers when there is no-one to play with. 

 Aibo can also learn to do things that normally dogs wouldn't be able to, like dance in time to music, and play soccer.

It is slightly bad that Aibo has been created, because as he gets cheaper and gains more popularity (as he almost certainly will), people will want to buy him instead of buying a real dog. Maybe people will even stop buying real dogs at all eventually, and what a real dog would do could be forgotten.