Love Machines: Finding love in half the time

In an increasingly busy world, do we need to fall in love with a person when we can buy a robot programmed to love us?

With Valentine’s Day a now distant, rose-tinted memory, we reflect on the romance in our lives. How wonderful it is to have a companion; someone to love and be loved by; someone to share your emotions and empathy with; someone to care for you.

It was Robert Frost who said: “We love the things we love for what they are.”

His use of the word “things” is particularly potent these days, as we ...