Robots, or not?

I remember in the late 60s, early 70s, there was a programme on TV called Tomorrow's World.  They were predicting that in the future everyone would have robots around the house.
At first glance, they were miles off, but if you look again, some people are slowly turning into partial robots.
What on earth does she mean? I hear you say.
Years ago if someone walked down the street seemingly talking to themselves, you would be right to assume that they weren't talking to you, or anyone in particular.  Plus if they started shouting, it was a safe bet that they unfortunately had Tourettes. 
Now, if you see people walking down the street talking, it's not to themselves, or at least 99 times out of 100, it isn't.
Or, you walk past someone you know, and they blank you, because they haven't heard you due to the music playing straight into their ears.
Or, they're glued to their mobile phone and have no idea you're trying to talk to them.
Sometimes, the only way to gain their attention is to give them a call, send them a text.

So, we have people turning into robots as we watch. Not quite what Tomorrow's World had in mind, but if you look at it from a tangential point of view, the robots are there, and some of them are part of your family as predicted.