Yes, this is the year 2005

Nanotechnology. I have had 2 hours sleep staying up, reading about the marvel of artificial intelligence. Robotic DNA you say?
Which leads me to the next question, Why the hell am I taking a ferry tomorrow? If I am not to be beamed, I should at least be wearing a jetpack or something.

upside down and inside out. We can birth human in synthetic wombs, yet we can't master transporting humans with efficiency.

Ahhhh, wait I get it. First build the army, then let the buggers figure out this mobility issue. Billions of microcopic heads are better than... millions of irrational ones.