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It looks like Google is going to be the next 800-pound gorilla in the Military Industrial Complex.
by blackrock 9y ago
It looks like Google is going to be the next 800-pound gorilla in the Military Industrial Complex.
- killjoywashere 9y agoI seriously doubt Google wants to be beholden to Republican stewardship of the US Government budget cycle.
- macawfish 9y agoWhen's the last time GOP leadership cut military spending though?
- TallGuyShort 9y agoWhen's the last time Democrats put up much resistance to the war we still haven't declared? My money is on military contracts being reliably lucrative for the foreseeable future regardless of any reasonably possible election outcome in the next few years.
- sitkack 9y agoThen why did they sell Boston Dynamics? Or did they ...
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoThey tried to sell it but nobody wanted it, AFAIK. Note that when they bought Boston Dynamics they made a big deal about not renewing military contracts because they didn't want to be in the business of autonomous weaponry. Look how a mere couple years has changed things.
- sitkack 9y agoThey sold to SoftBank btw, this was widely reported.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoOh, that's right! I remembered hearing about it, but then thought it fell through for some reason. Maybe I was thinking of Toyota: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3077620/toyota-said-to-be-in-talks-to-acquire-two-google-robotics-companies.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/3077620/toyota-said-to-be-in...