Google DeepMind has hired the former chief technology officer of Boston Dynamics as the company pushes deeper into robotics. Aaron Saunders, who is partly responsible for giving the world back-flipping and dancing machines, joined as the VP of hardware engineering earlier this month.
The hire is a key part of DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis’ vision for Gemini to become a sort of robot operating system, similar to how Google supplies its Android software to an array of smartphone manufacturers.
Boston Dynamics is famous for developing legged robots, including four-legged dog-sized systems and humanoid machines capable of impressive acrobatic feats. Saunders worked on an amphibious six-legged prototype before he was promoted to VP of engineering in 2018. He became the CTO of Boston Dynamics in 2021.
Google DeepMind has produced important robotics research for years. As interest in more advanced robotic forms like humanoids grows, its researchers are doubling down on developing AI models to control robotic hardware systems.
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GOOG is saying fuk AI , I find other ways to make money and keep pumping … 400 coming soon
My only smart play the last few months was making it my largest position. Had to liquidate today to deleverage. Kind of wish I hadn’t.
Yeah this is the move. Robots are next after AI. Then Cyberdyne Systems.
OpenAI is going to be the next yahoo, they should go public already before they go bankrupt.
Boston dynamics, that famous company that did so well
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They’ve had at least half a dozen chances to just buy the whole company.
Deepmind/Google have been doing robotics forever. Not to mention of course Waymo.
Fucking kidding me? Just closed my calls this afternoon. Time to enter I guess.
Edit: never mind priced in. 2 day old news.
Google is such an easy buy and hold forever
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He kind of looks like Jeffery Wright’s character in Westworld
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Google will be the empire of earth in 10 years . They will control everything, they are going after everything a tech company can dream of with their own hard earned money .
Boston dynamics robots are brutal compared to all the garbage tesla and co presenting
They shouldn’t of sold Boston Dynamics in the first place
So are plumbers getting ai shafted as well now? Will I just hire a jack of all trades robot from the google fleet and it will be over to my house in 5 min and fixing stuff? Does this mean big trade companies will fire people and stocks go to the moon?
I for one welcome our future robot overlords
Google will be the company of the future. They make everything and already own the biggest search engine and video player.
Robots getting hired faster than WSB traders. Makes sense
I said it 10 years ago and I’m saying it again , Google is Cyberdyne Systems and they will create Skynet. Elon had an argument with Larry Page about AI in 2015 , Page believes machines are simply the next stage of evolution which I agree with him on. Elon then proceeds to co-found OpenAI to counter Google after that conversation.
Machines are the next evolution but humans will still exist.
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Holy shit it’s happening. The future will be wild man.
What do they mean HIS vision?
Slapping the ai shit into the robots has been the idea for a while now.
Yes, that is what we need, hallucinating robots. Who wants to tell them that BD isn’t using LLMs to power its robots….
Google actually doing everything Leon says he’ll do real soon