Next year may be the year of the robot lover. While many increasingly fear automation in the workplace, some futurists predict the machines will come for our love lives in 2025. This new year marks the date futurist Dr Ian Pearson anticipated humanity'will start to see some forms of robot sex appearing in high-income, very wealthy households.' And the physics and math PhD, who has boasted of having an 85 percent accuracy rate for his forecasts, argues women might overtake men in the adoption of sex robots by 2025 -- in part, because they already have a technological head start. 'Vibrators have been around for over a century,' Dr Pearson noted, 'but now the vibrant sex toy industry doesn't just make standalone devices, but teledildonic devices that bring all the fun and functionality of computing and networks to sex too.' First conceived in 1975, 'teledildonics' has become the technical term of art for mechanical sex toys that operate remotely, whether via the internet or otherwise.

Britain will struggle to fill the jobs of the future if computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) are not made part of the school curriculum, research has warned. Demand for jobs that require such skills is estimated to rise by 40% over the next five years - but with only 15% of UK businesses having adopted AI, a report says the country risks falling behind. Research by Capital Economics suggests teaching AI skills in secondary schools may help fill rising demand for computer science and other such roles, supporting an average of £71bn of economic output annually to 2030. According to YouGov, 72% of secondary school teachers support making an active effort to increase education and resources around AI and computer science. But among STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teachers surveyed, 64% had limited access to computer science resources - rising to 79% when focused on AI.

Within the next few decades, humanity may be able to achieve a sort of immortality by merging our minds with machines, according to a prominent futurist. This could mean we live on through androids even after our bodies die, allowing us to attend our own funerals, and get back to life with a'highly upgraded body.' But, according to Dr Ian Pearson, it could also mean you no longer own your mind. The expert warns a shift toward'electronic immortality' will require careful planning – otherwise, our cloud-connected brains could be used for purposes beyond our control. Within the next few decades, humanity may be able to achieve a sort of immortality by merging our minds with machines, according to a prominent futurist.

The vision of robots taking over the world might sound like something out of a dystopian science fiction novel. But robots will outnumber humans by 2048, an expert has predicted today. According to'leading futurologist' Dr Ian Pearson, earth's robot population will grow from around 57 million to 9.4billion over the next 30 years. Dr Pearson, a British novelist, engineer and inventor, said robots could also become'emotionally intelligent' by 2028. He said his predictions are based on the'modest' assumption that the number of robots will grow by a fifth each year.

Old age could soon be old news, according to a leading futurologist who claims people born after 1970 could live forever. He predicts that by the year 2050, humans could outlive the constraints of the physical body. Genetic engineering could be used to extend the body's life expectancy, by reducing or reversing the ageing of cells. Advances in AI could lead to android bodies for humans to live in after their own flesh and blood frames have ceased to function. And virtual reality worlds could be created for people to upload their consciousness into once their bodies have failed. Old age could soon be old news, according to a leading futurologist who claims people born after 1970 could live forever.

It's no understatement to say that the science fiction stories that we've told ourselves in well-thumbed paperbacks, cult movies and beloved TV series have changed the world. For years they've led the way for real scientific advances, providing the creative vision that has inspired engineers and scientists. But in an age where reality is starting to catch up with fiction… well, what happens next? "We're really starting to catch up with those ideas now in the real world," says futurologist and artificial intelligence (AI) expert Dr Ian Pearson. And it's true, science is making fiction a reality.

Robots threaten the jobs of many hard-working people. But porn stars will be among the first hit by the robot revolution. Sex technology, such as interactive and virtual reality porn is becoming cheaper and more socially acceptable. And super-realistic computer generated'actors' could replace the porn industry's need for real-life stars. Realistic computer generated'actors' could replace the industry's need for real-life stars.

'Futurologist' Dr Ian Pearson predicts traditional housewife tasks - including cooking, cleaning and shipping - will be obsolete by the year 2050 It is often said that a woman's work is never done. But the days of cooking, cleaning and picking up after the children may soon be over. In 2050, the traditional role of housewife could be obsolete, with robots taking care of all arduous tasks around the home. That is according to a report by'futurologist' Dr Ian Pearson, which also predicts furniture will adapt to a person's body shape, clothes will clean themselves and it will even be possible to redecorate a room in the blink of an eye. A century after home appliances freed housewives from back-breaking chores, artificially intelligent androids will run our homes, enabling us to spend more time having fun and less doing chores.

Robots are already putting a variety of jobs under threat from security guards to office managers, but soon they could be venturing into the sex industry too. Women and men could begin swapping human partners for androids within the next 10 years, according to predictions by a futurologist. Dr Ian Pearson, an inventor who has made a career out of predicting the future for PR firms, has produced a report on the future of sex. Sex with robots could soon replace human intimate relationships according to a recent report. It claims that intercourse with robots could overtake human intercourse by 2050.