Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.
We've been co-evolving with our technology for a hundred thousand years....
If we had had the right technology back then you would have seen Eva Braun...
I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs and drug addiction we want to bring to world a big fat smile.