About half the population of the modern world is looking forward to the Singularity. A 1/4th is scared s*itless, and the other 1/4th could care less. I personally fall somewhere between looking forward and scared s*itless. I mention this because of the eventuality of AI. And of course robots. And more importantly, AI in robots.

Anybody that has reached puberty on dA has thought about a robotic partner at least once. I dare you to deny it. My favorite art topic is Rob Renzetti's XJ9, Jenny Wakeman. Or "My Life as a Teenage Robot", for those addicted to "Spongebob Squarepants". That's another topic for another day. How many of you search for her here in dA? I obviously do. Just check out my favorites sometime. I think for every image I find, at least every seventh one is suggestive.

So, is she human? I say yes.

We've reached the tipping point in group mentality to accept a machine made of metal and plastic as a common occurrence in everyday life. especially software. My generation, the Boomers, are blaz'e about it, with the exception of those like Ray Kurtzwiel, who are attempting to cheat death. But the kids and grand kids and beyond are gonna be working and playing side by side. I think the "robotic overlords" crap is just that. We need the machines, and more importantly, the machines need us! We need to teach the bots what its like to be human.

Miss 16 year old bot is gonna approach Mr 16 year old pubescence
and ask "Will you teach me how to make love?" By that time, moms and dads, you better be in the right frame of mind to accept the fact that either your kid has a robotic girlfriend, or one hell of an expensive masturbator.