Machines Like Us

Bill Thompson doesn't think he is going to fall for a robot anytime soon. "Much as I adore my MacBook, I have no desire to form a life-long union with it or attempt to interface in any way that doesn't involve keys, trackpad and my fingers."

Others seem to feel differently about the matter, like David Levy, who reckons that by the middle of the century our relationships with the machines that currently service our social lives will have grown significantly, and that intelligent robots will be sexual partners too.

Read full story at BBC News.