Read this excerpt from a passage.

There was a time when robots and home automation were just a fantasy. Robots were found only in science fiction and home automation was limited to cartoon families who had every convenience at their fingertips. Meals arrived with a simple push of a button. A robot maid performed every task humans didn’t care to do. Today, these once visionary ideas have become reality.

In factories, robots perform hazardous tasks; in homes, they vacuum the floor. Houses can now lock themselves and lights are programmed to turn off and on automatically. In hospitals, doctors use robots to perform surgery. Cars that drive themselves are in development. As automated machines and robots take on more human tasks, there are serious questions to consider. What will become of society if robots do all the work? Will humans become too dependent on machines and lose the ability to do things for themselves? Will robots eventually become smarter than humans?



Who is the intended audience for this passage?


people who are interested in robots


robots with artificial intelligence


experts who design robots


science fiction writers