10. Siri the sex surrogate
The prediction: “As augmented intelligence and video games become increasingly sophisticated, expect humans to get attached to and develop real relationships with their hardware and software. The movie Her deals with love in the age of seductive operating systems.”
That’s all fine and good, but there need to be many, many advances in technology before this happens. Right now, Siri can’t even find the closest Dunkin’ Donuts, let alone our G spot.
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11. Celibacy syndrome
The prediction: “Finding modern relationships too emotionally complicated, many men and women are choosing not to become romantically involved in any serious way. In Japan, a 2011 survey found that 61 percent of unmarried men and 49 percent of women aged 18 to 34 were not in any kind of romantic relationship.”
Who needs a human when you have vibrating underwear, we guess.
12. New erogenous zones
The prediction: “In an overstimulated world, we seek new forms of heightened stimulation in the hope of discovering new erogenous zones. A bogus story about eyeball licking, also called ‘worming,’ in Japan went viral and subsequently created interest in erogenous experimentation in the U.S.”
Thank God that eyeball-licking story turned out to be bogus, because it made us want to squeeze our eyes shut forever. If new erogenous zones mean sex lasts longer or gets more interesting when you’ve been with your partner forever, we are all about it. As long as eyeball-licking isn’t involved. Shudder.