Robotics companies and now AI companies, Google seems to have much higher ambitions than the internet. May be they watching too many sci-fi movies in their 20% time. :)
When you have the capability to achieve dreams as immense as Google can, it's best to reach for the most powerful dreams possible.
Or maybe they're watching exactly the right amount. :D
What do you mean, maybe? The evidence is in: Google's founders have gone full hard-scifi cyber-god take-over-the-world on us.