Google fired another woman working in the ethics of AI... because she was looking into why they fired the woman before her who was working in the ethics of AI.
https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/cybersylvanian/googles-lack-of-ethics-in-ai.html
@thegibson WAIT! You're using math and computer science to do things with email? That's *our* evil schtick! You're fired!
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In other news, EvilCorp did Evil deeds. And now, soccer.
This is a brutally biased article. I'm no friend of Google but it is borderline fake news for failing to even mention this:
"Google said in a statement Mitchell violated the company's code of conduct and security policies by moving electronic files outside the company."
@jonw Possibly, yeah. Then again, Google has said plenty about the people they've let go that seem to serve little purpose than hand-waving away the criticism. They walked back and semi-apoligized for how they handled Gebru's firing, so honestly, I don't believe much of anything they say.
According to a Wired article the bit about moving electronic files outside the company was tied to her script that was searching her email.
https://www.wired.com/story/second-ai-researcher-says-fired-google/
@jonw @CyberpunkLibrarian 50/50 that Google's spin doctors are lying.
I'd say better than 50/50.
I'm not defending Google. I'm being critical of the manifestly biased representation of the issue.
@jonw @CyberpunkLibrarian Same. I don't know any of their spin doctors, so I can't honestly say it's anything more than a coin flip.
@CyberpunkLibrarian @angristan@admins.town Big Tech is like Big Societies in cyberpunk culture, more powerful than even states.
I feel angry to learn that but not surprised.
@CyberpunkLibrarian I still use it, but DuckDuckGo is a meta search engine. It uses bing in the background.
@sirjofri @CyberpunkLibrarian probably it mixes in other sources, etcetera, but they don't really spider pages.(which are _many_ pages)
@jasper @CyberpunkLibrarian wikipedia says the use wiki, bing and others... Hm...
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They can fire every one of them, but they can't fire them all. It's a stain that won't wash out.
@CyberpunkLibrarian maybe they have found the basilisk?