To be fair, the poll also asked Americans about robots in the military, which is, like, a legitimate question given our recent discovery that we can have robots shoot people, as well as questions about robotic (autonomous) cars and robots in the workplace. These are all more pressing issues, given that those are all here and affecting people right now. Google and various automakers are testing autonomous cars, robots have a huge effect on the workplace, and did we mention that we're shooting people in Afghanistan and Pakistan with robots?