Ikea wants to know how you'd feel about a robot running your home

If you put an AI in charge of your house -- letting it control the lights, the alarms, the temperature, and so on -- how would you want it to act? Should it be "autonomous and challenging" or "obedient and assisting"? Would you prefer if it sounded male, female, or if it was gender neutral? These are just some of the questions Ikea is asking its customers in a new survey titled "Do you speak human?" The questionnaire was launched late last month by SPACE10, Ikea's "future-living lab," which is tasked with exploring how our houses will look and feel in the decades to come.