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> I don't understand why Google decided to buy a company so tied to DOD contracts if it did not want to continue that work. My experience in this area is quite
by culturestate 11y ago
> I don't understand why Google decided to buy a company so tied to DOD contracts if it did not want to continue that work.
My experience in this area is quite limited, but it's surprisingly difficult to find companies doing this type of research that are not tied to the DoD in some way. DARPA is a major source of funding for these projects, and many of them wouldn't get funded at all without the government.
- dgacmu 11y agoCase in point, at least until now: iRobot, maker of everyone's favorite robotic vacuums ... and military support robots. (Now spun off, but a core part of the company's strategy for two decades.) Its first years were DARPA-funded for the military applications.