Roboticist Professor Noel Sharkey from the University of Sheffield said: "Robots are coming thick and fast with robot domestics, gardeners, cooks, companions, lovers, taxis, factory workers, space explorers, soldiers, maybe police and certainly pets.My comment: Lovers!? Robot lovers? And note how the term "lover" is bracketed between cooks, companions, taxis, and factory workers etc. Except for maybe "companions" or "pets", all of these categories are examples of service providers (domestics, cooks, gardeners) or professionals (police, space explorers, soldiers). Question: what clues does Professor S.'s seemingly random catalog of categories provide about what Professor S. thinks about love or lovers?
Why no robot professors?