The foundation of Skynet is AI

[midnight rambler]

And of course DARPA is in hot pursuit of revolutionary AI -

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1101

[Ares]

And of course DARPA is in hot pursuit of revolutionary AI -

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1101

If there are any fans of Star Trek here, it almost sounds like the construct of Data's Positronic brain.

[Santa]

This technology could be the secret to making robots that are truly autonomous

Those poor machines. The next thing you know, we'll be asked to sign petitions to free the poor robots from bondage. :)