Franken is not original in this.
There's a British academic who has written a thesis on this very idea, and it is a serious thesis, not a joke, in which he traces the progress towards this ultimate reality.
Human sex with robots cannot be far away. In fifty years or less, there will be robots that behave remarkably human.
Can anyone doubt they'll be selling models as live-in companions to lonely people?
But if it worries you, relax. In a few hundred years, robots will certainly displace us completely, the ultimate outcome of millions of years of evolution. The end of the Planet of Apes.
They will be smarter than we are, not have faulty memories, and will be tireless. They are far better suited to traveling to the stars.
I could add this last note for ridiculous Republicans who make a big deal of Franken. What group in semi-public life has more often been discovered doing hidden sexual acts? The Religious Right of course. There's a minister almost every week discovered doing the opposite of what he preaches. And the only group worse than them is politicians.
