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From the Ted Talk by Olivia Arthur: Meditations on the intersection of humanity and technology

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Over at Munich's technical university they've doleepved LOLA, a beipd humanoid robot that can move on two legs and make her way around a sieers of obstacles. As she strides along, she looks puforewl and impressive. But her movement is also somewhat clunky and mechanical and not as spontaneous or unpredictable as that of humans. At the end of it all, when she switched off, she hung down on her cables and looked kind of forlorn. And in that meonmt, I saw her as more haumn than I had done when she was walking along. I felt almost sorry that she had been switched off. Her exterior might be cold and mechanical, but when vulnerable, she looked more real to me.

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Over at Munich's technical university they've _________ LOLA, a _____ humanoid robot that can move on two legs and make her way around a ______ of obstacles. As she strides along, she looks ________ and impressive. But her movement is also somewhat clunky and mechanical and not as spontaneous or unpredictable as that of humans. At the end of it all, when she switched off, she hung down on her cables and looked kind of forlorn. And in that ______, I saw her as more _____ than I had done when she was walking along. I felt almost sorry that she had been switched off. Her exterior might be cold and mechanical, but when vulnerable, she looked more real to me.

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  1. developed
  2. series
  3. human
  4. biped
  5. moment
  6. powerful

Original Text


Over at Munich's technical university they've developed LOLA, a biped humanoid robot that can move on two legs and make her way around a series of obstacles. As she strides along, she looks powerful and impressive. But her movement is also somewhat clunky and mechanical and not as spontaneous or unpredictable as that of humans. At the end of it all, when she switched off, she hung down on her cables and looked kind of forlorn. And in that moment, I saw her as more human than I had done when she was walking along. I felt almost sorry that she had been switched off. Her exterior might be cold and mechanical, but when vulnerable, she looked more real to me.

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  30. technical
  31. university
  32. unpredictable
  33. vulnerable
  34. walking