Domo Arigato Mr. Ro-frot-o

Styx proves yet again that they were just absurdly ahead of their time.

According to The Daily Beast (link below), a new study finds that 1 in 5 people would have sex with a robot. That's significantly more than would sleep with Rob Schneider, according to a survey I just conducted.

With 46% of those surveyed admitting that they'd either get under the covers with a sexbot or not judge those who choose to, that's a fair proportion of people prepared to embrace getting dirty with droids. This isn't a uniquely U.K. trend, though: Sex between live humans has been steadily sloping downwards in numerous countries around the world, including Japan, where nearly half of women aged 16-24 are "not interested in or despise sexual contact."

Well, yeah, but that's Japan though. Have you seen some of the crazy shit the Japanese are in to?

Professor (Martin) Smith also makes the case for future droids becoming quasi-sentient—with pre-programmed sentience, that is. "Robots will be able to show most, if not all, of the signs and behaviours of emotional intelligence…The robots will not feel, but like actors they will be able to show emotional intelligence."

How is that different from the average sex being had by married people?

"It seems to have got to the stage where people would rather have sex with something that knows exactly what it's doing, where we know exactly how it will react, and how long it will take, and how good it will be," adds Anna Hughes, a schoolteacher with a long-term boyfriend. "But this obliterates the excitement of the uncertainty of being with a living person and the risk of it all going wrong, which is big part of having sex with someone in the first place. I'm just glad I got into a relationship before sleeping with C-3PO became the norm."

Seems like a good reason for being in a relationship. Congrats Anna, you win the internet today!

While this is probably a few years or even decades off, it's nice to know that those of us who aren't good at talk with woman will be able to find someone soon enough. I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.

Via The Daily Beast