News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship. Parent comment

Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by jseliger on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:48AM (#26328997)
It may also be that Google didn't realize the extent to which they were inviting some of the more organizationally destructive and divisive elements of modern politically correct culture into their organization: https://jakeseliger.com/2020/12/03/dissent-insiders-and-outs.... It may be that we're going to see a trend towards "Leave politics and religion at the door."
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by izacus on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:56AM (#26329116)
To be honest pretty much any bigger professional organization already operates under "Leave politics and religion at the door." umbrella. It's pretty much the only way how you can have an organization filled with mixed political viewpoints function in the same direction.

For some reason however, Google and their employees kinda fail to understand this basic tenement of work culture. They're not a scrappy 10 people startup anymore which can be both a workplace and a political party fully agreeing on political issues.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by MrScruff on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:03AM (#26330173)
> It may be that we're going to see a trend towards "Leave politics and religion at the door."

Don't get my hopes up.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by marshmallow_12 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:55AM (#26329099)
-It may be that we're going to see a trend towards "Leave politics and religion at the door."

what are you left with? misinformation is far more prolific than truth. it needs to be held in check, somehow. ignoring it will make it waorse

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI ethics research conference suspends Google sponsorship by swayvil on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:12PM (#26332974)
The bigger the company, the stronger the motive to control politics and religion (for profit etc.)

I imagine that the conversation beneath that umbrella will be flattened in a day.

[ Parent | on HN ]