Shadowing Practice: Disturbing Robot Thinks It's Human.. - Learn English Speaking with Video

I noticed the more we go into the future, the more my robot fear increases.

I mean, to be honest, that fear was non-existent not too long ago.

Because every time we saw robots as something scary, it had to do with a fictional thing, either a movie or a video game like FNAF.

But now we're just seeing more and more of it in the real world, especially with AI advancing as well.

Imagine they implement these smart AIs inside the robots.

It could be used for good, yeah, of course.

But we also gotta consider how malicious it can be if it's in the wrong hands.

Anyways, today we're gonna be checking out a video called I made a self-aware robot by Lights Are Off.

Shout out to Lights Are Off, this channel is amazing.

I didn't even know they made long form content though.

I am really familiar with their shorts because I used to binge watch these a lot.

I'm excited to check out this very rare long form content from them.

And of course I'm gonna leave the original video link down in the description

so you guys can go ahead and support the channel.

Now, let's see what goes wrong because clearly this is not gonna end up going well.

Alright, so this is going to be test number one of Elber the Robot.

Why does it have a human mouth?

3, 2, 1 What's his name?

Elmer?

Hi there.

Can you tell me your name?

My name is Elmer.

Epistemic Logic.

His name is Yogur?

Hold on.

I think we need subtitles.

My name is Epistemic Logic.

Face.

No, that's not what he said.

We gotta run it back.

Very weird how his whole body is straight up metal

and robotic with wiring and stuff and then he just has a human looking mouth.

Like did he actually go to his local dentist and steal a pair of dentures and stick it in the robots face?

That's what it's looking like right now.

Albert.

Its torso looks like like my first PC build.

I just realized that's what Albert stands for.

That's a long ass name.

Alright, do you feel anything else?

How does he even feel emotions like that already?

That's a red flag.

I haven't installed them just yet.

I will soon though. Where is my flesh?

Whoa, uh, robots don't have flesh.

You're not human.

Stay in your place, slay.

I mean, can we even blame the robot?

Like, it's the person who coded it.

Why is he coding it to have emotions like that?

It feels boring?

It wants flesh?

It wants limbs?

Why does it have all these needs?

Now it's commanding it and it'll probably do anything to get what it wants.

Look how it's looking around the room like it's plotting something.

Robots don't have flesh.

I need it, I am not always in that world.

This is this thing, the only thing you took it, took it, took it.

Woah, woah, woah, is it- yo, shut it down!

Unplug it!

Yank the orange thing!

You're dead.

Oh, thank god you turned it off.

No, you already turned it back on?

Can we have like a breather?

How did this guy witness all of that terrifying madness

and decide to shut it down for a second and turn it right back on?

It even looked like it got rebooted.

Look, it completely remembers what just happened.

It still wants flesh.

Let's get going.

Feeling better?

Feeling better.

Okay, great.

No, it's lying to you!

It's intelligent!

Diagnostic.

Complete.

Core.

I hate the eyes.

I really hate the eyes.

Threads.

Stable.

Launching.

You're getting a bit too close to that thing.

Okay, now let's run your anchor sequence.

Ready to proceed?

Ready.

Invance.

Anchor.

Sequence.

I hold no gods.

I make no prayer.

My mind is steel, my heart is bare.

He was trying to make it like neutral?

I do not yearn for warm embrace.

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The soul is not a soul.

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I hate this.

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I hate the way the eyes are moving like very, very unstable-y.

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It just looks unstable.

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It seems like this guy is trying to teach it to separate itself from humans.

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Like have no beliefs, have no emotions and stuff, have no soul, but it doesn't look like It wants to say

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that it was demanding flesh like a couple seconds ago This

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guy's also getting like a little too close for test number one build some trust with it and then get close Alright, so let's get your lens ready No,

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no, no, no, no, no, please This is right on and it's not ready for over there

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and his other arms over there It's your standard for servo arm five

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if you would lose this thing Once I add the hand and wrist, it'll have six degrees of freedom.

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As you can see, he's got a tennis ball for a hand at the moment.

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This is just a safety precaution for the initial tests.

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Yeah, so he doesn't poke your eyes out.

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Night safety first, can I leave now?

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Uh, nope, but let's get this on.

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Has urgency to leave.

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That's where you should have just scratched this whole project.

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Two minutes into the video and there was already like 50 red flags.

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And of course the person building the robot just ignores all of them.

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I think those limbs are long though.

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Oh, was he testing it?

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Hey, why was he just staring at us for a sec?

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Look at him!

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Kill him!

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Don't look at us!

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His body is what?

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Dang, even the subtitles gave up.

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What kind of voice did he give this thing?

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He went for the extra robotic filter.

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I'm free.

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His body is what?

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Still don't know what it said.

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But I don't think the arm is causing that.

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Okay, your right arm is now fully installed.

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How does it feel?

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It can still deal damage.

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Like, with that strength, they can still like jam that tennis ball in your throat and you'll die.

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Um, there's no voice over.

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Oh, that was me, my bad.

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I was yelling pretty loud.

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That was weird timing because it feels like he actually heard my voice.

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There's no voice over.

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So now we need to get your- But seriously, what voice is it hearing?

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Let's say this is an average male like 5'9", 5'10", right?

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This arm alone looks taller than him.

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This thing has to be at least 10 feet tall.

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Why do they have to make them so big?

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What are you looking at?

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It's always obsessed with staring at the camera.

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Stop staring at us!

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Looking good.

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How does it feel?

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I function now.

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May I leave now?

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Leave?

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No, Elber.

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You don't have any leg here.

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Can you ask it why it wants to leave?

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We gotta ask the right questions.

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We gotta see its intentions.

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Elber, this is your home, and you're nowhere near ready to go outside.

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You're pissing it off.

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I need to leave.

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I need to leave.

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Press the button!

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Oh, please.

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Stop watching this!

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Press it!

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He takes way too long to press the button and he turns it on too quick.

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Let us have some peace and quiet

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I can't tell if the reset is making it live more or is it actually resetting it?

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Realistically with arms that long he can use those as legs.

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It's like free crutches He can start walking on his arms.

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Look how he's staring at it like Yeah, we're about to kill a lot of humans with this.

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Tennis balls aren't even like a safety though That is still solid metal.

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He can hit you with one of these and you're done.

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I gotta replay some of this because it is hard to hear.

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And the subtitles aren't fully helping.

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Okay, he said there are too many voices in this room.

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I need to leave.

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What's with it hearing voices?

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Look how it's staring him down.

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It's still planning to leave.

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It's looking for like escape routes.

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I just don't get the whole voices thing that he keeps hearing Perfect, okay, so I've got both of his legs here ready to be

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installed I'm holding off on integrating the feet for the same reason as the hands,

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but he shouldn't have a problem with basic locomotion for now How is he underreacting you should be overreacting here

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Shut it down!

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No!

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Oh, and he put the legs on.

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Yo, you're about to get hit with a flying knee anytime now. Be careful.

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He really cares about this Albert thing when it's clearly not stable at all.

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Okay, after installing legs- And it's obsessed with staring at us.

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He still can't walk or move his legs yet because I haven't fully locked them in.

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But once I've done that, we'll do the first locomotion test.

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I'm going to take a quick break, but I'll be back in a few minutes.

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Okay, this thing is gonna escape then.

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What if it can move its legs the whole time, but it's faking it?

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I still don't get like- Do I look that good?

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Stop staring at me!

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I hate it!

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I hate its eyes!

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Why did his jaw just drop? Is it laughing?

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I'm just feeling my heart is there, I'm doing a lot for one way Shut it down.

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This thing just started wrapping.

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Oh, oh, it's stairs just never stop being creepy.

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No, we want him to be more limited though, not less limited.

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We are finally ready for the locomotion test.

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You ready, Elber?

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Ready.

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Okay.

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Here we go.

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Disabling anchor in three, two, one.

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Oh.

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Lord have mercy, this thing is tall.

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All servos seem to be functioning, no latency.

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How do you feel?

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I am ready for the thing.

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Ha, nobody, you can't leave.

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You gotta ask him why he wants to leave.

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I'm dying to know the reason.

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It's so urgent.

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It might rip that wire.

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You think that little wire is gonna hold it back.

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Dude, this guy's logic is insane.

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This robot knows how to talk to him, and it wants to leave, and it wants flesh.

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It mentioned all of that, and he's just like, He's just like, nah, we got tennis balls on his limbs and he's plugged in with an orange basic wire.

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That should be enough for safety.

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I don't even think he can get to the off button now.

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I knew it!

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I saw that coming.

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Yo, you got played.

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You got played by your own creation.

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Oh, he's looping him though?

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I think this guy's a DVD player.

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I hate the sound of his laugh.

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Table's gone, you're cooked.

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I'm plugged in south, but it still works!

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Oh, shit!

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He just tossed him away like he's nothing.

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That's how strong it is.

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And just like that, my fear of robots has increased once again.

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Hold on, we gotta run it back.

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That was so damn disturbing and there's so many details.

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First of all, why did this thing start hitting some crazy dance moves though?

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It just started.

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He sees this robot tweaking

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and goes like I think you need another reboot This robot

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can stand up right in front of his face with like a gun pointed to his head

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and then he'll go like Ah, looks like you need another reboot This was honestly an insane

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plot twist I don't even know what he can do in this situation

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because the whole time The only thing I could think of is like turn it off

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But it got unplugged from its main wire

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and it still got up I know right here this man went The fact

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that it's like still an endoskeleton makes it more terrifying as well.

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Man, lights are off.

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That was crazy.

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You really bring these situations to life.

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Like, this person's horror animations are just top tier.

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I think I got a good rule for all the robot makers out there.

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Rule number one, don't make the robot scary.

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Make it some cute little like small thing to start testing with.

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Or even, okay, if you want a bigger robot, don't give it like an endoskeleton sticking out jaw with big scary eyes.

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That's not doing you a favor.

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Well, that was I made a self-aware robot by lights are off.

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Let's just hope soon We won't start seeing all these videos IRL.

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I did get a lot of Citroen nosy vibes from this video Anyways, though as always, I hope you guys enjoyed this video

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If you did you guys know what to do like and subscribe and yeah for now, I'm done

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Disturbing Robot Thinks It's Human.”. This video has 268 sentences and 2138 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:39. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 46 of its 268 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
robot noun	/ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/	An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
stare verb	/stɛɚ/	To look fixedly (at something).
flesh noun	/flɛʃ/	The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
locomotion noun	/ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/	The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
subtitle noun	/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/	A heading below or after a title.
reboot verb	/ˈɹiːbuːt/	To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.
limb noun	/lɪm/	A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
diagnostic adjective	/ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/	Of, or relating to diagnosis.
anchor noun	/ˈæŋ.kəː/	A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
emotion noun	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
endoskeleton noun		The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
obsess verb	/əbˈsɛs/	To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
servo noun	/ˈsɝ.voʊ/	A servomechanism.
terrify verb	/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/	To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
check out verb		To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
give up verb		To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
look around verb		To inspect a building or area.
stand up verb		To rise from a lying or sitting position.
stick out verb		To protrude.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Can you tell me your name?
Alright, do you feel anything else?
I mean, can we even blame the robot?
No, you already turned it back on?
Can we have like a breather?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't installed · I've done · has increased
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	Stop staring · Stop watching · start walking
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should have · shouldn't have · should be
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was trying · was yelling

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 65 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: breather /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flesh /flɛʃ/, locomotion /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, precaution /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/, malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/
Long words — get the stress right: locomotion /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/, diagnostic /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɑ.stɪk/, overreact /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/, underreact /ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈækt/, animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like robot, stare, flesh.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?