Now do people see why it matters that it was Google the one building military drone AI, and not just "Random Company X" working with the Pentagon on this? Goog

Now do people see why it matters that it was Google the one building military drone AI, and not just "Random Company X" working with the Pentagon on this? Google is far far ahead of others in AI, with or without the patents. The patents just ensure they also get to have a legal monopoly on some stuff to ensure that nobody else can catch-up to them in the technology area.