News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?. Parent comment

Re:Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? by teddyh on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:28PM (#26147685)
A Google ethicist? Who critizes something because it could be used for surveillance? The irony is thick.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? by quicklime on Monday February 15, 2021 @10:39PM (#26150654)
I'm not sure what you're criticising here. Would you prefer that ethicists at Google don't criticise surveillance? Or do you prefer that Google not hire ethicists?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? by ativzzz on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:20PM (#26150900)
An ethicist criticizing surveillance yet taking a paycheck from arguably one of the largest (non-Chinese) surveillance machines in the world screams conflict of interest.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? by 23iofj on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:52PM (#26147969)
It's far worse than irony. Google and FB hire AI ethics researchers as a way of laundering their reputation. IMO selling AI Ethics street cred to an ad tech company is a lot more problematic than any particular NeurIPS paper.
[ Parent | on HN ]