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Part 1 Reading Asimov laws of roboties Groimmar Madals of obligation and permission Wriling Cartoon captions Reading 1 Do you know any stories or films about robots? Do you like then? Why / Why not? 2 “> 1.61 Read and listen to Asimovy lmws ef robotics and answer the questions. 1 Why were the laws of robotics important, according to Asimov? Are there any robots that follow these laws in real life? Isaac Asir Lis one ofthe most E - famous science fiction writers of all time. | Originally from Russia, Boston University and 'began writing science fiction stories in 1939. His most famous works are. Ahe Foundation books and the Robot stories. He also wrote mysteries and popular articles about science. He died in 1992 at the age of 72. UY: Í DO 3 Read the text again. Which statements can you infer are true from the information in the text? 1 Isaac Asimov didn't know that the word robotics would become a scientific term. Heis proud that he invented a scientific term, 3 Isaac Asimov's stories were unique because they had robots in them. 4 The majority of scientists agree that the laws of robotics are an ideal. s The military gives a lot of money to robotics and artificial intelligence research. 6 The military is interested in applying the three laws of roboties. a ano Tole irte The suffixes -ios and -ology are used to talk about the study or knowledge of a particular subject, for example mathematics and technology. Decide if these subjects end in -ses or -ology. What are these words in your language? Can you think ofany other examples in English? electron— anthrop— psych— myth— polit= phys — “There are not many people who have coined a useful scientific term, and although! did it unknowingly, lam not goingíto let anyone in the world forget ít', said Isaac Asimov, the great science fiction author and professor. He was talking about the word robotics =ihe study of robot behaviour. Asimov wrote several short stories and novels about robots between 1940 and 1990; One of the unique features of the robots in these stories was that they were programmed to follow the Three Laws of Robotics. In:the Asimov stories, the robots must follow these laws. so that they do not attack the humans that created them. Inthe field of artificial intelligence, there: is some dispute about how this could work in real!life. Some scientists view the Three Laws as an Ideal, a utopia to work towards. In 2007 the: South Korean government announced plans to create a Robot Code of Ethics. They are working on plans to have a robot in every house by 2020, and want a code to protect robots from humans and vice versa. The code ¡s inspired, in part, by the Three Laws. On the other hand, some say that the laws are great for science fiction but completely useless in Glossary coin (verb) — to use a word or phrase that no one has Used before ethics (noun) —a set of principles that people use to decide vhat is right and what is wrong vice versa (advart) — the opposite of what has been sald reality. For example, if the laws really workea, robots couldn't be used in wars (as this would be breaking the First Law). Since the military ¡s one of the biggest financial donors for tobotic research, it is very unlikely that an attempt to follow these rules will happen, According to Asimov, ene thing, is certain: Robots are changing the world and driving it in directions we cannot clearly foresee.' 
