Post B6q7dhl9ZPyJTlYSMy by dbattistella@mstdn.ca
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(DIR) Post #B6peVw11mlBYhpvGRk by dbattistella@mstdn.ca
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The man who wrote "Don't be evil" said he chose it specifically so it would be hard to remove. Paul Buchheit, the engineer who later built Gmail, suggested the phrase at a Google corporate values meeting on July 19, 2001.Then in early 2018, internal documents leaked showing that Google had signed a Pentagon contract to build AI to analyze drone footage. By April, over 3,000 Google employees had signed a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding the contract be cancelled.The letter specifically cited "Don't be evil" as the standard the company was failing to meet. Dozens of engineers resigned in protest.Sometime between late April and early May, the slogan disappeared from the code of conduct's preface. #Google #AI #Tech
(DIR) Post #B6q7dhNkyPFyJCbltw by NicelyManifest@mastodon.social
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@dbattistella They also promised to preserve the 1st column research results.But ads crept in and then search results were geared not to search but paying matters.
(DIR) Post #B6q7dhl9ZPyJTlYSMy by dbattistella@mstdn.ca
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@NicelyManifest yes, and that reminds me of this bit by comedian Joe Fenti, that makes the point beautifully...
(DIR) Post #B6q7wiWMxlgfLKhnVo by eobet@oldbytes.space
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@dbattistella I think we can learn from this that once a corporation grows large enough, it will inevitably do evil.
(DIR) Post #B6q7wijq9gSk170YVc by dbattistella@mstdn.ca
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@eobet Absolutely, Professor of Economics, Justin Wolfers, explains what happens when we let people or corporations, become too rich/too big... it all becomes about power."Economists call this diminishing marginal utility. The first dollars change your life. The billionth doesn't. So the argument stops being about consumption and starts being about power."