Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA(m.theatlantic.com)
m.theatlantic.com
Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2011/12/drone-ethics-briefing-what-a-leading-robot-expert-told-the-cia/250060/
Perhaps the author means that the _use_ of military robots is quickly marching ahead, outpacing any consideration of the ethics of such action.
I think the article, and some of the articles linked therein, just illustrate that maybe it's time for the US to step back from the world stage...before we do something really stupid.