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b'[This show first aired March 3, 2008]\\n\\nPhil and Stephen discuss whether self-driving cars would need to possess AGI.\\xa0\\nArmed robots:\\n\\tThe world has already had its first armed robot accident.\\xa09 were killedand 14 wounded in South Africa.University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey warns that terrorists could capture a US built SWORDS robot, reverse engineer it, and use it against us. Stephen\\xa0is skeptical. He thinks its much more likely that terrorists will improvise a robot to carry an improvised explosive device. They could just duct tape an IED to a model RC car.\\n\\t\\t\\nA true robot arms race will require super powers\\nStephen wonders whether armed conflict will be more acceptable in the future. Today war costs "blood and treasure." If, in the future the cost is "treasure" only - because its robots fighting robots - will we fight more?Will we fight more just because its cool? What if we\'re fighting\\xa0Gundam mechas?There\'s already an AI "arms race" in the financial services industry. Cut throat hedge fund AI\'s might not be the best bet for "friendly AI." It\'s important that we have the\\xa0right kind\\xa0of Singularity.Which comes first, human regeneration of missing limbs, or the Luke Skywalker fully realistic fully usable prosthetic?'