PieFedGoogle DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals | UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.
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What ethical standards? Google removed those from their code of conduct years ago.
Yeah, it used to say “don’t be evil”, then they changed that to “do the right thing”, now it just business as usual.
ZacryonAt first I thought their AIs themselves wanted to unionize, and thought that would unironically be great.
merdaverseCorporations and ethical standards… lol
The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits – M. Friedman
Unions will always be defanged and inefficient if they tail the ethical standards of capitalists
strawberry_enjoyer42Or they could just quit…
TrackinDaKrakenThey could, but they’re trying to make a difference for the common good, rather than just themselves. See how that works?
I think choosing to accept an offer to work for Google in the last decade is worthy of a conversation of its own but this is far better than quitting and being replaced by someone with no ethics is it not?
Is that the line of thinking that Manhattan Project scientists had, or am mistaken? I can’t speak for others, but I’d carry a lot of guilt for aiding in such things. It’s unethical to help with unethical things, and Google will do what it wants; it can replace them if they don’t follow its will.
SteveCritical edit to the headline: Google DeepMind [Workers] votes
DeepMind itself didn’t vote to unionize. That would be interesting, frightening, and awesome.
it would seem like a good sign if it insisted on unionizing for the sake of the workers. lol
It would, yah.
But then I’d have concerns about creating a genuine empathetic intelligence, and treating it like a tool or another piece of software.
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As soon as people stop looking, Google will shut down the whole office. It’s how tons of huge companies get around “can’t lay off union workers”.
They just spent £1.3bn on building that office
Even the most egregious caricature of a union buster is gonna baulk at throwing that investment away
They can rent out or sell the building and recoup a measure of that investment. It’s nothing compared to the windfall they’ll get from selling snake oil on a military procurement contract.
That’s pocket change for Google, which made $132 bn profit just last year. They can sell it and write off the small difference as a loss.
All good things. Layoffs based on AI aren’t really that provable, so I see it as beneficial to put the squeeze on a company that otherwise has a financial benefit in using it as a scapegoat
Hell yeah. Apes together strong
Bit late I’m afraid
When it comes to making a stand, better late than never.
I’d agree but im afraid that’s not even all of Google ai workers,just the UK ones