This introduction is a bit shorter than what I believe such a fascinating topic deserves. But lack of sleep prompts me to make it as brief as possible. I stumbled on some rather interesting studies today which I thought had some significance to singularity ideas insomuch as they deal with interactions between humans and artificial intelligences. In this case between the Aibo robot dogs and groups of preschool age children, older children, and the elderly. Sadly the one I was most interested in, dealing with the older children, had either not been finished or published yet. A PDF of the preschool study is available on their site though.
Robotic pets
Robotic pets and preschoolers: Results