Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Project Maven AI

Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by dlp211 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:30PM (#19088850)

You have no idea what you are talking about. The vast majority of drone use is for military surveillance that have no strike capabilities, and are used to determine whether to put soldiers on the ground. Good drone surveillance is literally the best resource we have for preventing bad military outcomes. It saves lives, both American and other.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:37PM (#19089560)

The problem with that claim is that a significant portion of our drone use does not take place in countries we are deploying soldiers. And an insane number of dead children keep turning up.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by saagarjha on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:47PM (#19089025)

The problem is that technology developed for "good" drone surveillance can be transferred quite easily to drones with strike capabilities.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by dlp211 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:36PM (#19091229)

And by extension be able to make better and more accurate decisions leaving more people alive. I fail to see the issue here.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by saagarjha on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:47PM (#19091291)

We seem to have an issue where we we end up targeting the wrong people, and this will make it possible to do so more accurately and easily.

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