After watching openai ChatGpt-4o and the Google Developer Conference one after another, I thought that OpenAI was going to hang, and OpenAI was in such a hurry to release GPT-4o and cut off Google, isn't it just in a hurry to commercialize?
But Google doesn't exist because there's a Boston bot.
In fact, what Boston Dynamics has been lacking most is not the iteration of his robot, but the brain of his robot, and now Google's Gemini, which does not belong to ChatGPT, has perfectly made up for this piece.
As a result, Boston Dynamics was sold by Google, and it changed hands three times in seven years! First to SoftBank, and then to Hyundai in South Korea!
• On June 9, 2017, SoftBank acquired Boston Dynamics, a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet, on non-disclosure terms.
• On December 12, 2020, Hyundai Group announced the acquisition of Boston Dynamics for $1.1 billion, although SoftBank will continue to hold a 20% stake in Boston Dynamics through its subsidiaries after the acquisition is completed.
• In June 2021, Hyundai announced that it had officially acquired a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank.
So, if Microsoft merges ChatGPT OpenAI and Boston Dynamics into a merger and acquisition, Boston Dynamics' robots, paired with OpenAI's artificial intelligence, Schwarzenegger's Terminator comes out in minutes. Not only Boston Dynamics took off on the spot, but the entire artificial intelligence industry also took off
Then again, this "marriage" in the tech world may make the whole world have to rethink. Imagine that Microsoft has taken Boston Dynamics in a hurry, while Google has nothing but dry stare. As soon as this news came out, it must have caused an uproar in the tech circle, and Google must have regretted it.
Look at Boston Dynamics, the robot leader that has been hyped up in full swing, and its robots seem to be just one "soul" away from coming back to life. Their strong "bodies" have been waiting for a "brain" like ChatGPT to drive them. Now, Microsoft has stuffed OpenAI's intelligent brain into the mechanical body of Boston Dynamics, no, Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" immediately went from science fiction to reality.
Originally, people's fear of AI was still stuck in the destruction of the digital world, such as hacking attacks and privacy leaks. But now, when the AI can "put on" the robot coat of Boston Dynamics and come to reality, the picture is too beautiful for me to see. If these robots really have the ability to charge autonomously, make decisions autonomously, and even fight autonomously, are we far from the scenes in science fiction movies?
Google may be regretting why it let go of Boston Dynamics in the first place. If Google hadn't sold it in the first place, it might have been using GEMINI intelligence to empower Boston Dynamics to build its own AI robot army. However, history has no ifs, and Google's mistake gave Microsoft the perfect opportunity.
However, this technological leap is not all good news. The combination of AI and robotics, in addition to bringing about huge technological advances, may also bring unprecedented risks. Once there is a miscontrol or malicious exploitation, the consequences are unimaginable. From the first accident of the robot to the 7 billion, it is an exaggeration to say that it only takes a week!
It is foreseeable that the future arms race may no longer be in the traditional sense, but a race for AI robots. Even if the cost of these robot soldiers is high, countries may be willing to invest a lot of money, after all, it is a matter of national security.
And all this, if it happens, must start with Microsoft's courageous merger and acquisition decision, and Google's transfer contract at that time.
But then again, how do you make sure that a robot doesn't hurt people? Probably when it comes to security, OpenAI's chief scientists have all left, so I won't show it here! But for example, if a certain machine is running at a high speed of 300 kilometers per hour, how can it ensure that it does not hit people?
And for us ordinary people, it may be both an exciting start and a worry about the unknown future. I only hope that while pursuing technological progress, we can also think carefully about how to prevent those possible technological disasters.