One unintended or unexpected disruption of socially assistive robots is that people may actually prefer the company of robots over fellow humans. this situation represents

This situation represents " Latent dysfunctions".

Dysfunctions can be manifest or latent. While capacities are proposed or perceived (manifest), and may positively affect society, dysfunctions are unintended or unrecognized, and negatively affect society. Latent dysfunctions are unintended and unforeseen interruptions of order and stability.