If we're going to have to rely on self-regulation for this, we're already doomed.
Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
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Re: Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
#12100 google employees wow
every change starts with a few people, and then it grows
> every change starts with a few people, and then it grows
your opinion is defense contracts are bad
my opinion is defense contracts are good
who is correct? probably me since 99.9% of Googlers won’t leave over this
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#13Re: Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
#14As much as I applaud the intention, the genie has been out of the bottle on this one for many years already.
Arguably it has always been there, considering the US military sponsored so many computing projects.
Re: Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
#15100 google employees wow
And they'll be terminated by Jan 2027. Anything too scandalous will be done in secrecy thanks to code&project silos.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
every change starts with a few people, and then it grows
> every change starts with a few people, and then it grows your opinion is defense contracts are bad my opinion is defense contracts are good who is correct? probably me since 99.9% of Googlers won’t leave over this
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#17"Don't do evil"
Oh, wait...
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#19I remember they successfully got Google out of a military contract in the first admin (and briefly vilified by the right for that). that's not going to work now. Workers have a lot less power and the CEO is buddies with Trump
As the article says, the workers didn't petition the CEO, they petitioned the head of Google AI who's already expressed solidarity with Anthropic. If they can convince Jeff Dean, I don't think Sundar necessarily gets a say; it's a lot easier to stick your head in the sand and ignore things than to fire one of your most widely respected engineers because he won't help the Pentagon build Terminator robots.
Re: Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
#20Google employees must think this is pre 2024. The employer has the power and doesn’t mind laying off people who don’t tow the company line and all of the CEOs bend over and bribe the President - ie “settling” frivolous lawsuits brought by Trump himself over “censorship” when he was out of office