Raincitygirl has posted some really excellent analysis of the pronouns used by the cylons:
Both the Boomer model and the Biers model use the word "I" when referring to another copy of their model. The Boomer (wearing the white cropped jacket we saw on a Boomer copy in the mini, and then again on the Boomer whom Turncoat-Boomer shot in the scene outside Koerner Library in Colonial Day. I guess that model really likes that jacket) first said "I", referring to Turncoat-Boomer, then amended it to "she" in her next line. But her gut reaction upon seeing her wayward 'twin' was to say "I". Maybe she said "she" after she got over the shock because Sharon rebelled and ran away, and she wanted to dissociate herself from a disloyal copy. Also, Caprica-Biers said "I" when referring to getting the information in the documentary and the deleted footage to Caprica by using those Raiders. But since Fleet-Biers can't be in the Fleet and on Caprica at the same time, Cap-Biers must be another copy of the same model.
...good stuff. Although I wonder if the mix up of pronouns isn't really important. Think about how you might talk to your brothers and sisters about your parents. You might say "our" or you might say "my" but they are equally relevant. The terms do not have to be mutually exclusive like the Borg in Star Trek. It is possible to have a collective with individualism if the only shared portion is knowledge as long as the collective recognizes that the actions and experiences that generate that knowledge are the acts of individuals.
A networked computer combines local and networked resources all the time and can choose when to change the state of different resources between the two. I can see the cylons operating along these lines and their behavior seems to suggest such to me.
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