... geeks are outraged more about Xbox One DRM and resolutions than Google buying up military robot manufacturers and A.I. companies?  Are geeks really this petty and useless???  Aren't we supposed to be the ones that recognize the true technological threats and speak up about them and make a difference???

Maybe Because most geeks aren't that much into nonsensical conspiracy theories.

... uhhhh, did you miss where I mentioned Xbox One DRM and resolutiongate?  Where you on Mars during those ordeals???

Those aren't conspiracy theories. Those are fun things to poke a competing console manufacturer with :)

And what does that have to do with google anyway?

And shouldn't you be out there and fight the evil corporations instead of posting in a harmless gaming forum?

No, people were dead serious about Kinect spying, MS being anti-consumer not wanting us to own anything, etc.  Stop downplaying it now that's it's past.

Nobody is even talking about it.  That's the point.  There's more discussion about the differences between the PS4 and XBO versions of Tomb Raider right now than stuff like this.

So what, I take it you're one of those that thinks these purchases are completely harmless and there's nothing to be worried about then, eh?

People who were concerned about their privacy because of kinect are complete idiots swept away by the usual media scare.

And yes I'm not worried in the least about these purchases. Google buys a lot of stuff. But of course in the eyes of someone like you robots and their AI can only be used for evil. And of course would google only have world domination in mind.

I think you shouldn't be worried about the open purchases google makes but rather the stuff that google does that you don't know ;)

People on these very forums, Kotaku, NeoGAF were all over that stuff and so very much more.  MS was labeled evil for friggin' DRM!

No, no, nonononono.  You are reading this all wrong.  This isn't about Google being evil, it's about them being naive and arrogant.  They are barrelling down a path without considering the fallout.  They said that they formed an ethics board to oversee it's use of A.I. (likely a stipulation of the purchase of DeepMind) this late in the game.  We chuckle about them building a Terminator future without even considering that in that fictional universe nobody was INTENDING that to happen when they were busy building an A.I. and military robots.  

I recommend giving this a read.  I'm not a conspiracy guy, and don't really think one is happening here.  This isn't a situation of malice but one of hubris.  Of course that distinction won't matter once things go bad.

I don't care for such things. Because I have better stuff to do, we can't stop it anyway and I'm probably dead when it all goes really downhill.

The real scare are not the robots. Before they can even reach a certain level of sentience humanity will have much more severe sociological and ethical problems. That's partly because the robots taking more and more jobs and humans neglecting their social obligations for virtual reality.

I can't force you read anything, but the more you talk the more clear it is that you really NEED to read this as there are simply certain things that you are not considering.

http://www.realcleartechnology.com/articles/2013/12/06/our_final_invention_how_the_human_race_goes_and_gets_itself_killed_816.html