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‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« on: April 08, 2018, 08:26:58 pm »
The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon

By SCOTT SHANE and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHIAPRIL 4, 2018

WASHINGTON — Thousands of Google employees, including dozens of senior engineers, have signed a letter protesting the company’s involvement in a Pentagon program that uses artificial intelligence to interpret video imagery and could be used to improve the targeting of drone strikes.

The letter, which is circulating inside Google and has garnered more than 3,100 signatures, reflects a culture clash between Silicon Valley and the federal government that is likely to intensify as cutting-edge artificial intelligence is increasingly employed for military purposes.



“We believe that Google should not be in the business of war,” says the letter, addressed to Sundar Pichai, the company’s chief executive. It asks that Google pull out of Project Maven, a Pentagon pilot program, and announce a policy that it will not “ever build warfare technology.”

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Re: ‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2018, 08:40:23 pm »
Lefties love claiming the moral high ground as they live free due to someone else's sacrifices.

The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Re: ‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2018, 08:42:13 pm »
It would be interesting, how much technology used today by the gazillionnairre tech firms, originated in the defense/aerospace industry a few decades back?

Maybe some, maybe none.
 
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Re: ‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2018, 08:43:09 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on April 08, 2018, 08:42:13 pm
It would be interesting, how much technology used today by the gazillionnairre tech firms, originated in the defense/aerospace industry a few decades back?

Maybe some, maybe none.

You mean like the Internet?
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Re: ‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2018, 09:52:34 pm »
Quote from: DB on April 08, 2018, 08:43:09 pm
You mean like the Internet?
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Nah, not the internet, everbody that was invented by Algore while he and Tipper were laying(OMG, sorry)the basis for 'Love Story", sorry try another one. :tongue2:
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Re: ‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2018, 03:21:08 am »
Quote from: DB on April 08, 2018, 08:43:09 pm
You mean like the Internet?

Thanks. And my bet is there is a lot more, too. 

Nuclear, GPS, commercial satellites, biology/medical, imaging, photography etc.
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