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I wonder what the hell they're going to do with this.
Google buys Boston Dynamics, maker of spectacular and terrifying robots | The Verge
Google buys Boston Dynamics, maker of spectacular and terrifying robots | The Verge
A robot holding a gun to my head would get all the information they needed.But nearly all of Google's R&D (From android to gmail to google fiber) points back to either getting more people on the internet or getting more information about people on the internet. Robotics seems pretty far from that focus.
Clickthrough or die.A robot holding a gun to my head would get all the information they needed.
Lol no shit. Google already had the SKYNET part, now they just needed the army to support it.And you all thought terminator was fiction.
BBC News - Why has Google bought an AI company?Google has bought UK start-up DeepMind for a reported ?400m, making the artificial intelligence firm its largest European acquisition so far.
DeepMind was founded by 37-year-old neuroscientist and former teenage chess prodigy Demis Hassabis, along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
The artificial intelligence company specialises in algorithms and machine learning for e-commerce and games
So, Google has brought various robotic firms and now are acquiring advanced AI companies as well...Earlier this week Google spent ?400m buying a UK firm that specialised in artificial intelligence.
DeepMind is a privately-held company founded by Demis Hassabis, a 37-year-old neuroscientist and former teenage chess prodigy, along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
According to DeepMind's website it builds "powerful general-purpose learning algorithms".
But what does Google plan to do with its newly purchased expertise?
The company has not issued a detailed statement on the acquisition, but that has not stopped industry observers from trying to work out the motives behind it.
Google has recently bought a number of robotic companies and artificial intelligence is often associated with the development of these machines.
Several news websites asked if Google was planning to combine its robot and AI purchases and build "Skynet" - a reference to the fictional, self-aware artificial intelligence system that features in the Terminator films...