Microsoft Staff: Do Not Use HoloLens for War

Re:Microsoft Staff: Do Not Use HoloLens for War by alkonaut on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:48AM (#19232866)

Refreshing to see employees of a megacorp speak up against company decisions. I wish we could see more of the same from Facebook. Unfortunately a huge paycheck seems to do weird things to your ethical compass. It’s not enough that those that disagree simply quit.

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Re:Microsoft Staff: Do Not Use HoloLens for War by austincheney on Saturday February 23, 2019 @07:27AM (#19233028)

What is the ethical consideration here? Augmented reality headsets aren't weapons.

I find it unrefreshing to see employees warping something benign to achieve personal attention. This is a fight in search of a subject.

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Re:Microsoft Staff: Do Not Use HoloLens for War by alkonaut on Saturday February 23, 2019 @07:34AM (#19233055)

> Augmented reality headsets aren't weapons.

Who you sell to can always be an ethical consideration, even if the product isn't "unethical" in itself.

> to achieve personal attention.

What makes you think these people would want "personal attention"? Isn't the attention here mostly a risk?

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Re:Microsoft Staff: Do Not Use HoloLens for War by austincheney on Saturday February 23, 2019 @11:12AM (#19233926)

Who they are selling to is an ethical entity, their own government, so this point doesn’t make any sense.

I am thinking this matter is about personal attention because the complaint is absurd. It simply isn’t rational.

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