Well, he did include "at least" which suggests he was just coming up with a rough figure. I somewhat agree with him.
There is no denying that Google is (arguably) one of the most powerful companies out there. Are they ten years ahead of everyone else? Maybe, maybe not. But one thing for certain is that they have the computing power, finance,and connections to pretty much pursue whatever they want.
Is that a bad thing? Who knows. It really boils down to whether anyone/anything should ever have that kind of power.
Just wait until Google self driving tech is installed into a majority of new cars in 20 years. Or less.
What one Earth does this mean?