[phalynx]

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.

[qwertyz]

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!