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reacweb
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What Prominent Roboticists Think Google Should Do ...
Google is doing research in AI to reach the singularity. I think robotic is very important for Google, but reassuring people is more important. Google does not want to be associated with something frightening like "terminator".
duaneb
on March 24, 2016
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> Google does not want to be associated with something frightening like "terminator".
Is this a danger? They don't have military robots to my knowledge.
cmiles74
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Boston Dynamics is involved with defense contracts.
http://www.bostondynamics.com/
duaneb
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So are many non-military technologies. I don't see the link here with google building assassination machines.
cmiles74
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I think it's the humanoid robot aspect more than the defense contract thing.
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