According to a new poll, the once mighty nation now finds itself seized with fear over the impending takeover by our robot overlords. In this totally not bullshit study that wasn’t done just coincidentally at the same time as and possibly to help promote the debut of the Fox show Almost Human overseas, people opened up about what they think of the impending robot rebellion:
Almost as many worry they could lose their job to robots, and 10% expect to see RoboCop-style police in 10 years’ time.
[…]More than a quarter of participants believed that robots or intelligent computers would be capable of feeling human emotion in the future.
I fully expect to lose my job to a robot in the near future. Hopefully, it’s the one I’m building out of a empty jug of Gallo wine and an old picture of Engelbert Humperdinck. HASHTAG SCIENCE HASHTAG PATENT PENDING Y’ALL.
Forty-six per cent thought technology was evolving too quickly and undermining traditional ways of life, while 35% were concerned about the use of unmanned military drones. And 42% expected to see teachers being replaced by robots in classrooms of the future.
Coincidentally, that 46 percent who think technology is evolving too fast is comprised entirely of that cranky old man standing in front of you at the Burger King who can’t understand why Whoppers are so goddamn expensive these days.
Seventeen per cent of those questioned, meanwhile, said they would be prepared to “have sex with an android”, though 41% thought the notion was “creepy” and a further 14% said robots should not be used in this way.
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