Kim Kardashian cozying up to a robot is another example of AI entering our lives | Arwa Mahdawi

The next time you see dystopian thirst traps, we should be thinking about how these robots are going to be used by the self-proclaimed warrior class'

On a scale of one to 10, just how desperate do you think Kim Kardashian is for attention? Judging by the billionaire's weirdly sexual photoshoot with a robot, the answer may be an 11. The entrepreneur and influencer, who is a big Tesla fan, recently posed with the company's Optimus bot in a Tesla Cybercab (a self-driving taxi) for a series of photos which might be described as avant-garde if you're being polite, and dystopian thirst traps if you're not. She also posted some rather less sultry videos of her interacting with the humanoid robot.