Considering that Google's ethical statement still amounts to the "don't be evil" non-sense, yeah, I guess an ethics board is needed even today, without any actu

Considering that Google's ethical statement still amounts to the "don't be evil" non-sense, yeah, I guess an ethics board is needed even today, without any actual AI implication. We all think of incredibly futuristic sentient robots, but what we should really be worried about are the implications this acquisition will have on Google Search, a tool that is already used by millions of people. A tool that millions of people already superimpose to "the Internet" itself. A tool that already has a strong and unmitigated influence on people choices. That may not be completely clear in the U.S. Market, but take a stroll in peripheral markets and, to quip the famous commercial, you'll see why 2014 already looks a lot like "1984".