[Compare to Bell Labs] Google had as part of it's origin myth done a deal with the Devil. The warding spells they had to invoke to channel some of that largess

[Compare to Bell Labs] Google had as part of it's origin myth done a deal with the Devil. The warding spells they had to invoke to channel some of that largesse from advertiser/advertisee exploitation into marginally useful AI. Also, that deal demands that nothing meaningful can come out of GoogleX unless you use a liberal dose of that sociopathic magic dust ("self-driving tech")