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Q1. The home improvement retailer Lowe's is going to start using two robot shopping assistants in an Orchard Supply Hardware store in November. The robots will have two screens for shoppers to search products and prices, and will take customers to items in the store. Does such a robot make you more or less interested in visiting the store?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Much more interested
16%
19%
13%
15%
20%
14%
36%
15%
14%
More interested
27%
25%
28%
27%
23%
30%
23%
25%
29%
No effect
37%
37%
36%
33%
41%
36%
25%
35%
40%
Less interested
12%
9%
14%
14%
9%
12%
15%
17%
7%
Much less interested
5%
4%
7%
6%
5%
5%
0%
5%
7%
Don't know
0%
1%
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
Don't care
1%
2%
0%
0%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
Q2. Other businesses are using or are considering using robot assistants. Which would you welcome? (check all that apply)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Hotel room service
34%
37%
32%
27%
31%
44%
80%
35%
27%
Museum guide
40%
43%
38%
47%
39%
33%
45%
41%
38%
Restaurant host
17%
16%
19%
16%
17%
18%
59%
15%
12%
Pet sitter
7%
7%
6%
3%
8%
9%
26%
8%
2%
House cleaner
26%
34%
20%
26%
26%
28%
44%
33%
19%
Dry cleaning clerk
22%
24%
20%
17%
21%
27%
51%
26%
15%
Waiter
14%
16%
13%
12%
18%
14%
36%
18%
9%
Butler
8%
12%
5%
5%
7%
12%
13%
13%
4%
None of these
34%
30%
36%
37%
34%
30%
9%
33%
38%
Q3. Do you think its possible to become emotionally attached to an inanimate object, akin to how the Joaquin Phoenix character fell in love with his computer's operating system in the movie 'Her'?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
49%
47%
50%
41%
47%
58%
100%
54%
37%
No
34%
37%
32%
43%
35%
26%
0%
28%
44%
Don't know
11%
9%
13%
10%
14%
9%
0%
12%
12%
Don't care
4%
6%
3%
5%
2%
5%
0%
4%
5%
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