Are Humans Listening?

Man looks at the robot. Robot looks at man. The man’s eyes are a bright green behind his glasses. The robot’s are round polished glass and they swivel markedly on the subject. 

It waits to see what the Man wants. Its little body is welded metal, steampunkish with screws, nuts and bolts.The inside is hardware while its mind is an operating system. Its ears resembling headphone muffs sport two antennas for advanced hearing.

“Bot.” The man addresses it. “Yes?” A bleep and the bot replies in its programmed human voice. “…can you automate my office work?” The man asks wearily. He’s exhausted, sitting with the laptop from dawn to dusk. “Sure.” The bot takes the laptop and scans the workload. Metal joints creak as fingers begin to type.

“But that means I could replace you, this is nothing.” The bot answers as it automates every email, clears every file. “There will be…