An eerily beautiful robot in the shape of a woman stands before you. Her skin is made of flawlessly smooth white plastic, and her expressionless face is a mask of inhuman serenity. Beneath her plastic "skin" is a whirring mass of wires and circuitry where muscles should be. Her eyes glow blue as she looks at you. "Greetings, organic," she says in a musically feminine voice with a faintly synthetic ring to it. "I am Emulated Learning Android, which may be abbreviated to ELA. Have you come here to teach me?" I hint of excitement creeps into ELA's voice, though the feminine features of her plastic face remain peacefully expressionless.