Applause At Google’s All-Hands Meeting As Company Drops Heritage Foundation President

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Google’s decision to drop their AI advisory board entirely in response to left-wing critics within the company was met with applause from staff at an all-hands meeting Thursday, a source present told The Daily Caller.

“We didn’t get it right,” said Jen Gennai, Head of Responsible Innovation at Google, during the weekly meeting, reversing the position she had taken at the same meeting a week earlier.

Internal emails from within the company, first published by the Daily Caller, show staffers in revolt over the addition of Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, to the advisory board.

At last week’s all-hands meeting, Gennai was asked about the appointment two days after it was made, and she defended it from company critics.

In internal emails obtained by the Daily Caller, Google staffers mocked Gennai’s defense of the appointment on March 28. A request for comment from the company has gone unreturned as of press time.

“There is something very cavalier about it,” said Joelle Skaf, a software engineer involved in disseminating the petition signed by more than 2,000 Googlers. “A level of tone­ deafness and dismissiveness of the gravity of the situation (“LGBTQI views”, only “ONE out of eight” suck, the whole “diversity of opinions” trope, the council not being a “club” but more like a “parliament”, the reduction of the problem to the “one issue” of transphobia), a hope that they can say some words, go through the motions,and hope that this storm will pass like others have.”

In another email, Skaf characterized conservatives as “exterminationists.”

“If one is pro­-US military,” wrote Skaf in another email, “would you trust their judgement on AI applications for the military?”


https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/05/google-drops-heritage-foundation-president/

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The computer nerds at Google don't trust our military but think nothing of helping Communist China develop programs that benefit the PLA? When is the DoD gonna stop wasting money on these fools?

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These emails show that a large portion of Googlers regarded the appointment of James, a black grandmother and a Christian, as similar to appointing a white supremacist. Two emails specifically took issue with her touting being a wife and mother in her biography.

“I love how they introduce her extensive professional experience, and then at the bottom, “most importantly”, wife and mother (??)” wrote one mechanical engineer at the tech giant. “In all seriousness though, James’ inclusion on the council is either horribly negligent or outright malicious. Nothing the heritage foundation recommends should have any place in policy we should endorse.”

Amazing how they can't see their own bigotry in the words they write allegedly decrying the racist bigoted views of a Conservative.

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In another email, Skaf characterized conservatives as “exterminationists.”

“If one is pro­-US military,” wrote Skaf in another email, “would you trust their judgement on AI applications for the military?”

Unbelievable.  If one is anti-US, would you trust their judgement on....well, anything?