Just when we thought it was safe to assume that the self-replicating machines depicted in the movie The Terminator lie well in our distant future, recent claimed advances in manufacturing technology by BAE Systems has brought the reality a lot closer to the present. According to professor Nick Colosimo, a BAE Systems engineering fellow, the assembly process could eventually reach a point where it requires only “minimal human assistance.”
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