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For what it's worth, those 450 "signatures" were just members of an email list. That email list was founded to discuss ethical issues and draft a letter of comp
by losteric 8y ago
For what it's worth, those 450 "signatures" were just members of an email list. That email list was founded to discuss ethical issues and draft a letter of complain, but discussion quickly fizzled without consensus on issues or solutions.
Then, a month later, this was published out of the blue. No prior communication, no broader input, not even the opportunity to opt-out.
Pretty unethical. As someone who was on that list, that letter is in no way representative... most had pragmatic complaints, like ethical oversight mechanisms to ensure engineers weren't transitively supporting dictatorships. This letter is so hand-wavy, simultaneously cynical and naive.
- jhabdas 8y agoThere's nothing unethical about being a hero. You should try it sometime.
- Zombieball 8y agoUnless I misunderstood losteric, it sounds like all the names of people on a mailing list were automatically added as “signatures” to this letter even if they didn’t agree with the letter contents. That sounds pretty unethical.
- losteric 8y agoI'm sure some agree, but yes the list never saw the complaints or demands.
- deleted 8y ago