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Google's drive into robotics should concern us all
The Guardian ^
| December 28, 2013
| John Naughton
Posted on 12/29/2013 5:08:15 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
I’ll step out next time and bare it for ‘em.
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posted on
12/29/2013 5:59:20 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: Dallas59
I think in the past couple of years cleared about $100 in youtube ads but most of what I do goes to stock video agencies. Sometimes I put some things together and send it up to youtube.
Congratulations on the $299.
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posted on
12/29/2013 5:59:54 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: nascarnation
Anything that Gargoyle considers a success I consider a concern. I view them as my mortal enemies.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:00:57 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: SamAdams76
The videos of these things creep me out!
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:08:26 PM PST
by
Baynative
(Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians.)
To: Chickensoup
The govt was paying for fuel for the google jet
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:10:54 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BenLurkin
Ah yes, Red Planet. AMEE if I recall correctly.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:12:21 PM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: driftdiver
Some financial analysts say that the Fb and Google financial models did not support their level of spending and growth and that only through back door government support did the growth happen.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:14:24 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: SamAdams76
A person would be wise to look into investing in automation/robotics. It is the wave of the future.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:17:00 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: Chickensoup
I would not doubt it. Ideal tools for a police state
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:19:09 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: SamAdams76
They have to do something with their money.
Like all rich people, they have to invest it (don’t let the voters know this or the media will fall on you like a ton of bricks).
They are investing their capital wisely in risky ‘high-reward’ investments.
The government should have long ago forced competition upon them IMO, but I’m glad to see capitalism at work.
This author trying to scare people is a sad example of the kind of sheep we are educating these days.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:21:46 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: wally_bert
Thanks and congrats to you too. Pulling in 1.44 every week.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:24:21 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I can't find the article but I recently read that if computing power advances at the same rate it has for the past 30 years, computer intelligence and human intelligence will merge around the year 2045. Many of us will still be alive then. That should prove to be very interesting.
At any rate, if I was a young man entering college this year, I would definitely choose engineering/robotics as my field of study. Within the next 10-15 years, I expect that robots will perform most of the manufacturing. That's why I'm not as concerned about others about manufacturing jobs going overseas. It's only a matter of time before those overseas people lose their jobs as well.
Robots will work for free 24/7. No human can possibly compete with that.
To: Gen.Blather
Theyre trying to build Cyberdyne Systems... Or Maybe Yoyodyne..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Buckaroo_Banzai_Across_the_8th_Dimension
To: mrsmith
Google has invested in three huge barges off both coasts so they are doing well but just what those barges are really for is still a mystery. Maybe a robotic T-Rex is born there or another Jurassic Park on the sea.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:39:39 PM PST
by
JouleZ
(You are the company you keep.)
To: SamAdams76
So, they buy up every robot company with anything that interests the government. Then, continue to develop until all of their robots are in major positions in defense. Once you are well entrenched in the military and other defense department groups, just start twisting the wrench. Google could demand whatever they want from the government. It would be hard to reverse the robot decisions then.
The government should just avoid doing business with Google. But, alas, I believe that ship sailed long ago.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:41:53 PM PST
by
phalynx
To: mrsmith
I’ve known practically forever that google is a very left wing/communist operation, and never use it as a search engine.
I’ve had good luck with GoodSearch.com, and the really nice thing about it is that when you first use it, you are asked to select a “charity”...and each time you use it to do a search, they donate a few pennies to your “charity”.
You can choose FR as your charity.....You’d be surprised how quickly it adds up, especially if a lot of Freepers would start using it.
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:49:49 PM PST
by
basil
(2ASisters.org)
To: phalynx
Ray Kurzweil, Google’s Director of Engineering, is right on schedule—2029 reverse engineering of human brain will be completed, and in 2049, Ray downloads himself into a robot — eternal life, materialist version!
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:55:08 PM PST
by
qwertyz
To: Gen.Blather
“This is the police! You are under arrest....”
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:56:33 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Gen.Blather
“This is the police! You are under arrest....”
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posted on
12/29/2013 6:57:37 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Dallas59
Link?
And what’s that on your home page?
America the Beautiful?
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posted on
12/29/2013 7:01:16 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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