Robot Soup - by RM Greenaway

Scientists have invented a robot that can do your writing for you. You give it the basic plot and characters and it does the rest. Would you use it? Why or why not?"


My first impulse was to answer "of course". Think of all the free time I would have to paint my toenails, re-organize my recycle bins and all the other things I'm neglecting.


But then I thought twice. Wouldn't that make me obsolete? I was at the supermarket the other day, and thought I'd try the automated checkout. Didn't know how...