Google purchased several companies in 2013 focused on areas like neural networks, cloud computing, sensors, natural language processing, wind turbines, gesture recognition, system optimization, and robotics. This suggests Google's goal is to build out its capabilities in artificial intelligence by acquiring relevant technology companies. The future portrayed involves artificial intelligence becoming integrated into everyday life and products, with humans potentially able to communicate more naturally with technology and the environment. A new era of artificial intelligence is emerging, and major companies like Google and Apple are positioning themselves as kings of this new era by expanding into related technologies through acquisitions and research.