2.11: A Robot Searching for its Roots

Let us imagine that one of your household appliances of the future is a robot called Rob and let us imagine further that Rob has become curious about his roots.

Where do robots come form?" he asks.
We bought you in the department store satisfies him for a time.
Where do robots really come from?" he asks again, some years later.

You are of the fifth generation. Unlike we humans, your generations are getting smaller and smaller , faster and faster, cheaper and cheaper, friendlier and friendlier, and smarter and smarter."