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Google cancels AI Ethics Board due to employee outcry over conservative member

15 points by drak0n1c 8y ago

zaroth 8y ago
Breitbart had an “exclusive” article quoting extensively from leaked threads showing this outcry. They have had a series of reports with leaks from Google and highlighting some of the more surprising things said at TGIF talks. Obviously they are reporting with a specific viewpoint and bias, but I find some of their articles informative despite this. [1] - https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/04/exclusive-leak-google-heritage-foundation-meltdown/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/04/exclusive-leak-goo...
- drak0n1c 8y ago
  Breitbart is usually the one that receives and publishes those types of leaks because they are increasingly one of the only outlets that conservatives in those companies trusts to consistently protect conservative sources and reliably follow through on publishing that kind of material. It's unfortunate that the wider media increasingly ignores leaks and news that goes against the grain. It's made me, someone who does not like what Brietbart has become post-Andrew, have to check them occasionally to get a fuller picture.
ebg13 8y ago
> Google cancels AI Ethics Board due to employee outcry over conservative member This title has been altered. The article's title is "Google Scraps Its AI Ethics Board Less Than Two Weeks After Launch In The Wake Of Employee Protest", and the person in question is being shunned for "anti-LGBTQ views and stance on immigration", not for being a conservative. It has also already been discussed to death at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19578043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19578043
- drak0n1c 8y ago
  Thanks for the link to prior discussion. I missed that yesterday. I modified the title since the original was over the character limit.
- pard68 8y ago
  Thanks. This is stupid because a) "anti-LGBT" just means "not actively supporting" and b) this has no bearing on AI. Wish we could rewind even five years to when you did not have to be in lock step with the DNC to have job security.

15 points by drak0n1c 8y ago

Breitbart had an “exclusive” article quoting extensively from leaked threads showing this outcry. They have had a series of reports with leaks from Google and highlighting some of the more surprising things said at TGIF talks. Obviously they are reporting with a specific viewpoint and bias, but I find some of their articles informative despite this. [1] - https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/04/exclusive-leak-google-heritage-foundation-meltdown/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/04/exclusive-leak-goo...

drak0n1c 8y ago
Breitbart is usually the one that receives and publishes those types of leaks because they are increasingly one of the only outlets that conservatives in those companies trusts to consistently protect conservative sources and reliably follow through on publishing that kind of material. It's unfortunate that the wider media increasingly ignores leaks and news that goes against the grain. It's made me, someone who does not like what Brietbart has become post-Andrew, have to check them occasionally to get a fuller picture.

ebg13 8y ago

> Google cancels AI Ethics Board due to employee outcry over conservative member This title has been altered. The article's title is "Google Scraps Its AI Ethics Board Less Than Two Weeks After Launch In The Wake Of Employee Protest", and the person in question is being shunned for "anti-LGBTQ views and stance on immigration", not for being a conservative. It has also already been discussed to death at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19578043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19578043

drak0n1c 8y ago
Thanks for the link to prior discussion. I missed that yesterday. I modified the title since the original was over the character limit.
pard68 8y ago
Thanks. This is stupid because a) "anti-LGBT" just means "not actively supporting" and b) this has no bearing on AI. Wish we could rewind even five years to when you did not have to be in lock step with the DNC to have job security.