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The virtue signaling is too much on this article. It could have been a well-written piece, but they had to make it about moral grandstanding.
This may be controversial (and I will understand if the mods want to remove this comment) but this made me really wonder if westerners like him are actually aware of the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and now in West Bank and Lebanon) that is also supported by Google tech (amongst others)? I ask because if the death of 2 people in America bothered him so much, shouldn't the death of around 75,000+ Palestinians have stirred his conscience much earlier?
- How US Big Tech supports Israel’s AI-powered genocide and apartheid - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/12/how-us-big-tech...
- Google's Role in Supporting Israel's Genocide in Gaza - https://matttutt.me/googles-role-in-supporting-israels-genoc...
Direct source - https://turntrout.com/why-i-left-google-deepmind This may be controversial (and I will understand if the mods want to remove this comment) but this made me really wonder if westerners like him are actually aware of the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and now in West Bank and Lebanon) that is also supported by Google tech (amongst others)? I ask because if the death of 2 people in America bothered him so muc…
I don't know what kind of principles all these people have, but of course they all know about Gaza.
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I'm like the Japanese soldier who kept fighting into the 1970s on this, but actually signalling is about taking costly action. When people call something virtue signalling what they usually mean is that it's cheap talk, but this is wrong. The whole point of signalling is that it's costly. A more correct application of virtue signalling would be something like those people who contort their lives to genuinely try to p…
> When people call something virtue signalling what they usually mean is that it's cheap talk, but this is wrong. The whole point of signalling is that it's costly. What? Signaling is not costly. It’s literally a display , a signal.
I am not sure how to square the posts that AI is a bubble with the ones that say AI is so terrible; lately I am somewhat inclined to especially believe the former.
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> When people call something virtue signalling what they usually mean is that it's cheap talk, but this is wrong. The whole point of signalling is that it's costly. What? Signaling is not costly. It’s literally a display , a signal.
Cost makes signals credible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costly_signaling_theory_in_evo...
An “in this house we believe” sign is signaling but if you live in a liberal neighborhood it’s extremely low cost by all measures.
The virtue signaling is too much on this article. It could have been a well-written piece, but they had to make it about moral grandstanding.
Any case where someone takes a moral position is now called "virtue signaling" and "grandstanding."
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Comparing it to fire isn’t really an apt comparison. You developed the nuclear bomb. Would you give free access to every human on the planet to do with it as they see fit? Or would you demand responsible guardrails from the start? AI companies want it both ways. This will both redefine humanity as we know it, but also nobody should try to enforce any guardrails. Why? Because it might hurt profits. Either it’s snake o…
I mean, does enabling ICE to be more effective actually represent a harm? ICE has authority to do the things it’s doing. The courts are the appropriate venue to check that authority. Two agents murdering citizens is a criminal matter completely unrelated to Google’s relationship with DHS. It feels like AI empowering scams and facilitating post-truth is more harm.
"There are things worse than automating the murder of innocents" is certainly and interesting take.
Can a US company refuse the US government as a customer?