Love and affection beyond the physical and into the virtual.
By Dileep Thekkethil
From hover boards to smartphones, almost all new gadgets have first appeared in fiction and if this trend continues, man’s future date could be a robot like the one in the movie Ex Machina.
According to new research, one in four UK citizens aged in between 18-34 voted in favor of dating a robot.
The research also found that the only hurdle that stood in between the man-robot relationship is the shape and the predisposition that people had about their perfect match.
The research also found that the proportion of youngsters who were open to a relationship with robots were much higher than the number of British adults as only 17% of them were willing to date a machine.
Ghislaine Boddington, co-founder and creative director of East London design unit were quoted by Mirror saying, “Our bodies, our identities, and our senses are enhancing thanks to technology and societal shifts.”
He also added: “Indeed, intimacy as we know it is expanding its boundaries – enabling us to experience love and affection beyond the physical and into the virtual.”
The fascinating survey was conducted by a research consultancy ComRes on 1,000 British adults. The report was published by Nesta, a UK-based innovation foundation in concurrence with its upcoming FutureFest festival.
Interestingly, the study also found that half of the UK citizens who use contactless bank cards would like to implant a chip within their skin to access their workstation and other private places.
The sample group also predicted that within 50 years all fizzy drink will be strictly prohibited for use among the gate group under 16 like what is tobacco today.
Coming to the food habits of the future generation, a majority of British citizens said that food is going to stay and pills have very little chance to replace the food habit of the next generation. The also predicted that tea will remain as the most preferred drink in the UK in 2036.
FutureFest is an event that features radical speakers, performances, and debates to excite and challenge perceptions of the future.
Musician and writer Pete Kane, who is this year’s curator of FutureFest said, “As humans, we are all born with our own inbuilt crystal ball about the future. “It’s in our nature to have dreams and schemes about better and more exciting worlds to come,” he added.