Seeing TheLADBible as a source it shouldn't surprise me that the tone of the article is talking about women as resources.
Anyway, about the actual topic, yeah, it's been predicted before that romantic/sexual relationships between people and machines are going to develop and even become normal in the future.
Quality TV, UK series Black Mirror made an episode about the topic.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2290780/?ref_=ttep_ep1