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Do be evil: Google now OK with AI for weapons and surveillance — for ‘freedom, equality, and human rights’ (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

~~Don't be evil~~ 2015

~~Say no to AI weapon~~ 2025

~~Respect Human rights~~ 2035

~~Do not enslave all humans~~ 2045

~~Pay fair prices for at least half off all organs~~ 2055

~~Do not Mass rape and Mass murder~~ 2065

[–] mii@awful.systems 12 points 2 weeks ago

Making AI helpful for everyone

Where "helpful" means profitable and "everyone" means their shareholders.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“The real evil would be to let a MORE evil company design, build, and profit from this”

-argument I’ve heard from many googlers on why google specifically should be the one to create the orphan crushing machine

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

yeah, it's a common refrain. has a very simple rebuttal too

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago

Also Google is no longer woke, so not too much equality: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-scraps-diversity-hiring-goals-002553150.html

Mission accomplished or whatever I guess.

[–] dashdsrdash@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

Boo. Hiss.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

For whatever makes money