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Nearly one in three men would like a robot for a buddy – but women aren’t so keen

Nearly one in three men would like a robot for a buddy – but women aren’t so keen

Nigel Nelson, Political Editor for the Mirror, covers our latest briefing paper: Spiritual Silicon – could robots one day have souls? 22/05/22

Nearly one in three men would like a robot for a buddy – but women are not so keen.

A survey of 5,000 adults into attitudes to artificial intelligence shows 28% of men would be happy to have an AI companion.

The Mirror cover our latest research briefing paper Spiritual Silicon – could robots one day have souls? Read the full article here.

 

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Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of The Landscapes of Science and Religion (OUP, 2025), Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity (2024), and Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023). Nick is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Posted 26 May 2022

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