[FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

[Frank Wimberly]

I believe Google sold Boston Dynamics to SoftBank Group of Japan.  Raibert
appears to be the Chairman still.

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Frank Wimberly

Phone (505) 670-9918

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 12:24 AM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> There was a Sixty Minutes episode a few years back re: who owned the
> largest automated army on the planet? It was all about Boston Dynamics
> robots.  But the punch line was that Google owns them, and hence the Army.
>
> Depending on whether or not employees or executives control Google
> politics, it is not clear whose side the robots would be on.
>
> davew
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020, at 8:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> > Just think of the possibilities.
> >
> > https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot
> >
> > 
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