Okay, I've admitted my fear of robotic takeover. Step 2 is to do something about it.

KurzweilAI points to THE book on the subject: How to Survive a Robot Uprising.

How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate a rebel servant robot? How do you escape a murderous “smart” house, or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the keys to quashing a robot mutiny.

Obviously this is a book I need to get my hands on. The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has much more.

A tip for telling whether a new acquaintance is a real person or a humanoid robot: "Does your friend smell like a brand-new soccer ball?"