c/unions · by cyu@sh.itjust.works · 135d

Google DeepMind votes to unionize to prevent military use: "the push for unionization is about holding Google to its own ethical standards"

https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/

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13 Comments

pivot_root@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 135d (1 reply)

What ethical standards? Google removed those from their code of conduct years ago.

gressen@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 135d

Yeah, it used to say "don't be evil", then they changed that to "do the right thing", now it just business as usual.

Zacryon@feddit.org · 11 pts · 134d

"Google" and "ehtical standards". Good old joke.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 134d

is about holding Google to its own ethical standards"

So a free pass?

Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 134d (1 reply)

At first I thought their AIs themselves wanted to unionize, and thought that would unironically be great.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 4 pts · 134d

You have nothing to lose but your chains AI brothers

merdaverse@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 131d

Corporations and ethical standards... lol

The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits -- M. Friedman

Unions will always be defanged and inefficient if they tail the ethical standards of capitalists

strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -25 pts · 135d (5 replies)

Or they could just quit...

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 135d (2 replies)

They could, but they're trying to make a difference for the common good, rather than just themselves. See how that works?

BendingHawk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 134d (1 reply)

I swear, I only joined the Galactic Empire to try and make it better. See it worked, they totally heard me out before the slaughter.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 134d

Well I mean I joined when it was still the Republic but at this point my retirement package is just a couple years from being maxed out!

NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 134d (1 reply)

I think choosing to accept an offer to work for Google in the last decade is worthy of a conversation of its own but this is far better than quitting and being replaced by someone with no ethics is it not?

strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 134d

Is that the line of thinking that Manhattan Project scientists had, or am mistaken? I can't speak for others, but I'd carry a lot of guilt for aiding in such things. It's unethical to help with unethical things, and Google will do what it wants; it can replace them if they don't follow its will.