he is usually considerably less patient than mr. cass. more critical. more likely to point out the weakness of my faith, but greatly valued for all of that. today we see wide interest in and ongoing research and development of artificially intelligent robots as companions, as caregivers, as sexual partners. japan has become famous but is hardly alone, for developing caregiver robots to deal with the oncoming deficit of its own citizens for look after an aging population but it's happening all over. in yesterday in the scientific american blogs there was a posting headlined, grandma's little robot, machines that can read and react to social cues may be more seasonable companions and caregivers, and i know this audience will appreciate the great caution of that formulation. they may be more acceptable as companions and caregivers. mean while, it seems to be an absolute truance among academic futurists that robots are the next big thing in the sex trade and creation of sex bot is is ongoing. actual results have quite a gap between the sensationalistic clai