Free Apartment Cleaning Services in New York
A company named Micro AGI offers free cleaning services in New York. However, the cleaners wear cameras on their caps. The cameras record everything in the home to collect data. Bercan Kilic started this project to train cooking and cleaning robots. Privacy experts warn about the risks of this project. Still, many people want the free service.
This technology company in New York is Micro AGI. They recently created a very interesting new project. The official name of the project is Shift. In this project, workers will clean your apartment for free. But there is a very important condition for customers.
The workers always wear small cameras on their caps. These cameras connect directly to their mobile phones. The cameras will record everything in your home. They look at your rooms and your kitchen. They also record the hands of the workers during the job.
A man named Bercan Kilic started the company. He wants to train the next generation of robots. He hopes to create new autonomous robots soon. These future robots will cook and clean in homes. Today, simple computer programs can write sentences easily. But robots need to work in real homes. Every kitchen in the world is slightly different. The lighting in rooms changes in the afternoon. Therefore, the robots need to see many different spaces. They must learn to use their hands well. The company collects tons of data for this training.
The company will sell this data to other businesses. The other tech businesses will build the robots. The company also has many active workers in Turkey. In Turkey, mechanics fix cars to collect data.
But some privacy experts do not like this idea. Rory Mir works for a special rights group. This group protects digital privacy rights for consumers. He thinks this is a very bad deal. He spoke about the dangers of this data. Maybe they will share it with other companies. Calli Schroeder also warned people about this service. She thinks the company is selling a privacy invasion. Still, many local people want free cleaning services. The cleaners are very busy in New York.
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Who is Bercan Kilic?
Future with 'will'
We use 'will' + base form of the verb to make predictions or talk about future facts.
“These future robots will cook and clean in homes.”
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- 01“These future robots will...”
- 02“They recently created...”
- 03“But there is a very important condition...”
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🔑Key Phrases
This tells the reader about a free service offer and its main activity.
At this school, teachers will help you for free.
A statement predicting that complete filming will take place.
The software will save everything on your computer.
An informal way to say a large amount of information is gathered.
He receives tons of emails for his work.
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Free Apartment Cleaning Services in New York
💬Discussion Questions
Open-ended questions to talk or write about — alone, with a partner, or in class.
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Would you let strangers record your home for a free service?
Personal - 2
How do you feel about robots doing household chores?
Opinion - 3
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of smart home technology.
Compare - 4
What kinds of robots do you expect to see in ten years?
Predict - 5
Why do you think some people do not care about sharing their data?
Evaluate - 6
How has technology changed the way we clean our homes?
Compare - 7
What daily tasks would you like a robot to do for you?
Personal - 8
Is personal privacy more important than convenience?
Opinion
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