Google's push to participate in AI ethics discussions has always been about controlling the narrative. The fact that it took them firing two people for ACM to n

Google's push to participate in AI ethics discussions has always been about controlling the narrative. The fact that it took them firing two people for ACM to notice is rather hilarious. Just read the papers they promote. The meta-narrative is rather clear. They want to present AI/ML as something that is dangerous in the hands of individuals or smaller companies and that requires constant and direct control from experts with tons of data and resources. So they're perfectly happy to talk about stuff like model bias, but the moment you start asking uncomfortable questions about ML in general you better watch out. These topics should be handled by people without corporate ties. Period. The conflict of interests is so in-your-face, it's mind-boggling more people don't speak about it.