Why Do People Love the Sony Aibo Robot Dog?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72eSciRc82w

Looks, the tech is more than impressive. It's groundbreaking in what we get here. But with that said, I find this more than disturbing that people (in the video and around the world) can "switch" that reality button in their brain and convince themselves that this is real. It's beyond odd and it creeps me the f*ck out.

How soon can we rub a Terminator's belly and get it to fetch our newspaper in the morning?