What do your students think about the idea of robot pets?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-68664518
Concepts include technology, company, love, fun, pets, fake/real
Possible questions:
Would you rather have a living pet or a robot pet?
Are robot pets a good idea or a bad idea?
Are robot pets really pets?
Should money be spent on things like creating robotic pets?
For some additional thinking and talking about pets, my DialogueWorks Hometalk from 2021 provides stimuli and questions including Can you think of a list of questions that would help someone decide whether to get a pet?, What are the differences between pets and friends? and many more. https://dialogueworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HomeTalk-35-Pets.pdf
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