Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, To Care For Aging by Nick Bilton. Disruptions. The New York Times. May 20, 2013.
(1) By 2030, there will be __________ million Americans over the age of 65.
(2) By 2020 there will be a need for ______% more home aide jobs. Because of low salaries, these jobs are difficult to fill. In many states, the average in-home aid makes $ ___________.
(3) The gap between demand and supply of in-home aides may spark an interest in _________ to provide care.
(4) At Georgia Institute of Technology, a robot has been developed that is gentle enough to __________________.
(5) What are some of the tasks that robots being developed now can do to care for the elderly?
(6) According to MIT professor Sherry Turkle what are ethical implications of using robots to communicate with the elderly?
(7) According to a Georgia Tech study older people attached importance to ____________ in determining the task they trusted the robot to do. Give examples.
(8) How does the perspective of Wendy A. Rogers at Georgia Tech differ from that of Sherry Turkle at MIT regarding the ethical implications of the relationship of robots with the elder?
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