This is silly because today's notion of a robot will be nothing like those in 43 years.
It will be hard to find non-enhanced people: the line between robot and human will be blurred. This is why I disagree with most prognostications -- they usually suffer from the categorical error of asking about the future of "us and them". There is only us.
Also, this isn't saying we'll wed Roombas. Rather, we'll wed with seemingly sentient beings that display as complex emotions as today's humans. They'll just happen to be artificial. When you put things in context like that, it shouldn't seem strange.
But you don't really need to wait for the future for some weird robot happenings:
They've been saying that for years though. In a sense, we are cyborg-human mixes: Heart-monitors, hearing-aides, etc.
I think the integration will come, but I think we're still far off.
It will really make a difference when we have brain interfaces or enhancements. Controlling a remote device with a thought, for example, or sending/receiving a short message would both be "the future".
It will be hard to find non-enhanced people: the line between robot and human will be blurred. This is why I disagree with most prognostications -- they usually suffer from the categorical error of asking about the future of "us and them". There is only us.
Also, this isn't saying we'll wed Roombas. Rather, we'll wed with seemingly sentient beings that display as complex emotions as today's humans. They'll just happen to be artificial. When you put things in context like that, it shouldn't seem strange.
But you don't really need to wait for the future for some weird robot happenings:
NSFW: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/10/09/video-fuckzilla-at-...