Speaking of robots: http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/...ernment-paper/

"Algorithmic stock trading rapidly replacing humans, warns government paper

"Regulatory framework needs to be updated to keep pace with effects of technology"

UK report by The Foresight Panel, led by Dame Clara Furse, the former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, found "'no direct evidence' that the computer trading in itself increased volatility,... but in specific circumstances it was possible for a series of events with 'undesired interactions and outcomes' to occur and cause massive damage."