【T4】A.IN B.THAN C.POSE A.GOALS THAT【T1】______A REAL CHALLENGE B.FAR GREATER PREC

【T4】

A.IN

B.THAN

C.POSE A.GOALS THAT【T1】______A REAL CHALLENGE

B.FAR GREATER PRECISION【T2】______HIGHLY SKILLED PHYSICIANS

C.THAT COMPULSION HAS RESULTED【T3】______ROBOTICS SINCE THE DAWN OF HUMAN INGENUITY, PEOPLE HAVE DEVISED EVER MORE CUNNING TOOLS TO COPE WITH WORK THAT IS DANGEROUS, BORING, BURDENSOME, OR JUST PLAIN NASTY.【T4】______THE SCIENCE OF CONFERRING VARIOUS HUMAN CAPABILITIES ON MACHINES.AND IF SCIENTISTS HAVE YET TO CREATE THE MECHANICAL VERSION OF SCIENCE FICTION, THEY HAVE BEGUN TO COME CLOS

E. AS A RESULT, THE MODERN WORLD IS INCREASINGLY POPULATED BY INTELLIGENT GIZMOS WHOSE PRESENCE WE BARELY NOTICE BUT WHOSE UNIVERSAL EXISTENCE HAS REMOVED MUCH HUMAN LABOR.OUR FACTORIES HUM TO THE RHYTHM OF ROBOT ASSEMBLY ARMS.OUR BANKING IS DONE AT AUTOMATED TELLER TERMINALS THAT THANK US WITH MECHANICAL POLITENESS FOR THE TRANSACTIO

N.OUR SUBWAY TRAINS ARE CONTROLLED BY TIRELESS ROBOT-DRIVERS.AND THANKS TO THE CONTINUAL MINIATURIZATION OF ELECTRONICS AND MICRO-MECHANICS, THERE ARE ALREADY ROBOT SYSTEMS THAT CAN PERFORMSOME KINDS OF BRAIN AND BONE SURGERY WITH SUBMILLIMETRE ACCURACY—【T5】______CANACHIEVE WITH THEIR HANDS ALON

E. BUT IF ROBOTS ARE TO REACH THE NEXT STAGE OF LABORSAVING UTILITY, THEY WILL HAVE TO OPERATE WITH LESS HUMAN SUPERVISION AND BE ABLE TO MAKE AT LEAST A FEW DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES—【T6】______."WHILE WE KNOW HOW TO TELL A ROBOT TO HANDLE A SPECIFIC ERROR,"SAYS DAVE LA VERY, MANAGER OF A ROBOTICS PROGRAM AT NASA, "WE CAN"T YET GIVE A ROBOT ENOUGH "COMMON SENSE* TO RELIABLY INTERACT WITH A DYNAMIC WORL

D."