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Re:Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:23PM (#25519833)

What is the product the math department would be pressuring it's members to protect?

I’m not sure about math, but in physics it would be string theory which has been a dead end and has mostly served as a welfare program for boomer scientists

Re:Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:22PM (#25519815)

The policy existed, management just assumed that they would implicitly understand that they shouldn’t work on research that will knee-cap Google.

Of course, they also hired unhinged woke employees so it’s no surprised they’re reaping the seeds they sowed

Re:Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:20PM (#25519786)

When have trillion dollar companies not been authoritarian in protecting and furthering their own corporate interests?

Re:Parents demand academic publisher drop Proctorio surveillance tech on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:51AM (#25508274)

”employers know the difference between the bird courses and the ones with real meat on the bones.”

I’ve never been asked my GPA or what courses I took. Most of my interviews have been focused on my professional experience (internships, full time work, programming projects, etc.)

Re:The Internet Is for Porn on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:00PM (#25489929)

It’s a negative presence because it presents the moral degeneration of society.

Do we really want to hold sex work in the same regard as being an entrepreneur or doctor? What kind of signal do you think that sends?

Re:Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it sends demands ... on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:30AM (#25457066)

I don’t want to work activists, neither do the majority of my colleagues at Google that I speak with.

If you want to be an activist, go join a non-profit.

Re:Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it sends demands ... on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:28AM (#25457052)

She wasn’t fired for trying to publish the paper.

She threatened to resign if her demands were met, so Google pre-empted it by accepting her resignation.

The narrative around her being “fired” is completely false and is a lie that needs to be stopped in its track.