Inching ever closer to the Cylon uprising

One German restaurant is dispensing with wait staff by automating the entire process. It has created a touchpad ordering system that sends your order to a still human chef who sends the entree, using a tracked Rube Goldberg system, to your table. In Japan two different itches are being scratched. The first is by its working women who are now willing to shell out anywhere between $1,000 to $50,000 for a new breed of "working men" (otoko geishas) who are paid to only provide them with undivided attention. In the meantime, Japan is expecting a 16 percent reduction in its workforce by 2030 and is looking to bridge the gap with robots. But wait, David Levy, in his book "Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships" says we should expect to see these two things conjoined in a tidy robotic package within our lifetime. So if you happen to see an "American, petite, very pretty brunette, 5 feet 5 inches and 105 pounds" Number 6 model available for $4,300 at your local Wal-Mart in the near future, think very carefully before activating its imprinting protocol.