The REAL coming of the Cylons?

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This is not specifically related to the show, however, I think members of this community might be interested in reading the February, 2007 issue of Harper's magazine. The cover article is The Coming Robot Army (pages 43 - 52). Though it does not go into the science involved, it does discuss what kind of robotic weapons systems are in development for the United States Army. Quoting from the article & the Army's own studies: "... advances in artificial intelligence and automatic target recognition will give robots the ability to hunt down and kill the enemy with limited human supervision by 2015 ... humans are the weakest link in the robot's kill chain..." It's interesting reading.