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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago

Do be evil: Google now OK with AI for weapons and surveillance — for ‘freedom, equality, and human rights’

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Do be evil: Google now OK with AI for weapons and surveillance — for ‘freedom, equality, and human rights’

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago
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Good news! Google has determined that “responsible AI” is in no way incompatible with selling its AI systems for weaponry or surveillance. Google don’t state this directly — they just quietly remov…
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  • swlabr ( swlabr@awful.systems ) 
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    “The real evil would be to let a MORE evil company design, build, and profit from this”

    -argument I’ve heard from many googlers on why google specifically should be the one to create the orphan crushing machine

    • froztbyte ( froztbyte@awful.systems ) 
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      yeah, it’s a common refrain. has a very simple rebuttal too

  • Mii ( mii@awful.systems ) 
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    Making AI helpful for everyone

    Where “helpful” means profitable and “everyone” means their shareholders.

  • Sailor Sega Saturn ( sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems ) 
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    Also Google is no longer woke, so not too much equality: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-scraps-diversity-hiring-goals-002553150.html

    Mission accomplished or whatever I guess.

  • -dsr- ( dashdsrdash@awful.systems ) 
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    Boo. Hiss.

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