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comment by veen
veen  ·  3173 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google Steps Away from Humanoid Robot PR Problem

    Once you start killing projects because they "wont make profit" you stop being a company that pushes the border, and become one, and become one that is happy to remain inside of those borders

...and one that is going to make sense. I'm not saying they should kill everything that doesn't go in the black soon, but I am saying that Google is still a company, not a charity. They didn't kill their AI department - only the part that makes specific humanoid robots. Google is much better at doing the software side, letting someone else figure out the hardware and logistical challenges. Case in point: Google car, Android, every Google app ever.

I see this more as Google focusing on where they can innovate the most. Which at the end of the day means they can push more borders and get more done, just not in the humanoid hardware business but in other things like AI.