1 In 5 Would Have Sex With A Robot: Poll

The Daily Beast reports that one in five people in the United Kingdom would have sex with a robot, given the chance. Ah, those English! More than 2,000 responded to the poll at Middlesex University. The survey quizzed people on their views about the future of technology and robots. Many expressed fear that they could end up losing their job to a robot, and as many as a third of respondents said that they thought robots might ultimately “spell the end of the human race”. 

The question about "sexbots" generated a particularly unexpected response. Seventeen percent of people said they would consider sleeping with a robot, while 29 per cent said they had no problem with machines being used in this way. 41 per cent of respondents said that they found the idea uncomfortable, and 14 per cent said that in their view robots should not be used for sex.

Martin Smith, Professor of Robotics at the University of Middlesex, who oversaw the survey, said that he doesn't believe robots will have a negative impact on employment. “Though many fear their jobs will be taken over by machines, it is more likely that robots will be used as assistants,” Smith said. “The future workforce could have the benefit of avoiding hazardous and repetitive tasks rather than suffer mass redundancies”. · 

"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," said one of the participants. "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. 

Not only did plenty of people say they'd go all nuts and bolts on a bot, 46 percent of people surveyed also said they wouldn't judge those who want to.