to the machines that nearly wipe out humanity in the tv show "battlestar galactica."ut now a group of real-life scientists is taking the possibility seriously and talking about how to make sure technological research moves forward in a way that minimizes the odds of humans losing control of the machines we build. >> what happens when we have robots starter than us, 50, 100 years from now? i'm not sure. if we're very lucky those supersmart robots will treat us like pets. if unlucky, it will be like food. >> reporter: to be sure, we're a ways off from those things but there are recent technological developments that do give scientists pause. for example, this robot that can navigate by itself opening doors and finding sockets where it can be recharge without any human guidance but professor tom mitchell at the meeting of scientists in california says the notion of machines developing their own agenda is far-fetched. >> the idea we suddenly go from being smarter than computers, to stupider than them, just doesn't quite -- it seems an oversimpleification. >> reporter: wha

it was "battlestar galactica." [ buzzer sounds ] >> oh "battlestar galactica." [ laughter ] finale, yeah >> jimmy: "battlestar" was after -- after the super bowl. >> jimmy: are you on hormones? >> no. [ laughter ] emotional things are happening to me. i don't cry at every super bowl. >> jimmy: no, i got you. all right, good. seth, why don't you guys swap positions? and seth, you put on the noise-canceling head pnes and let us know -- >> i'm going to kill this. 0 for 2, i'm ashamed of ourselves. >> jimmy: no, no, don't be. >> i cried yesterday, for the record. >> you did? >> yeah, on the plane, i, like, had a couple drinks and watched "rachel getting married" and, like, just started crying. it happens on planes. it's weird. >> jimmy: you guys are really emotional. >> yeah, super emotional. it's weird. >> jimmy: seth, can you hear anything? good? okay. he can't hear anything. all right. josh, all right. ready? all right, right, what was the worst thing you did to seth as a kid? >> from, like, a betrayal point of view? [ laughter ] which is terrible. we both had braces but you have to wear,

to the machines that nearly wipe out humanity in "battlestar galactica."ut now a group of real-life scientists is taking this possibility seriously and talking about how to make sure technological research moves forward in a way that minimizes the odds of humans losing control of the machines we build. >> what happens when we have robots smarter than us? 50? 100 years from now? i'm not sure but if we're very lucky the supersmart robots will treat us like pets. and if we're very unlick,y, like food. >> reporter: to be sure, we're a ways off from the technological part of this but there are recent technological developments that do give scientists pause. for example, this robot that can navigate by itself opening doors and finding sockets where it can recharge without any human guidance. but professor tom mitchell who was at that meeting of scientists in california says the notion of machines developing their own agenda is far-fetched. >> the idea we suddenly go from being smarter than computers to stupider than them just doesn't quite -- it seems an oversim