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> So, it’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear employment and data security policies that
by PragmaticPulp 4y ago
> So, it’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear employment and data security policies that include the need to safeguard product information. We will continue our careful development of language models, and we wish Blake well.”
You can't expect to be employed by a company while simultaneously building a personal brand around publicly criticizing that company. I'm surprised Google tried to work with him for so long before removing him from the company.
He didn't just try to blow the whistle with his disclosure. He's been doing media tours and joining a lot of different podcasts. I suspect Google is sitting on a long list of clear disclosure policy violations and, from the sounds of it, even gave him a chance to reign in his policy breaking before they finally cut him loose.
It also becomes difficult to trust someone when their position stops being one of (supposed) moral responsibility and starts becoming a source of fame, celebrity, and access to influential podcast/media circles that were previously out of reach.
- whatshisface 4y ago>It also becomes difficult to trust someone when their position stops being one of (supposed) moral responsibility and starts becoming a source of fame, celebrity, and access to influential podcast/media circles that were previously out of reach. If you use known-good whistleblowers of the past as a reference, does that filter stand up? You've come up with a catch-22 where you will only listen to whistleblowers you haven't heard.
- Victerius 4y agoDon't whistleblowing protections only apply to government employees?
- whatshisface 4y agoCorporate employees have whistleblower protections in some cases[0], but they're still called whistleblowers when they don't. [0]https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/legal-services/sarbanes-oxley-whistleblower/ https://www.zuckermanlaw.com/legal-services/sarbanes-oxley-w...
- throwaway287391 4y agoMight be wrong but I thought GP meant "It becomes difficult for the employer to trust the whistleblowing employee when...", not that the public couldn't trust the whistleblower. You can think Edward Snowden did something good+heroic while also thinking the NSA couldn't reasonably have kept him on their payroll.
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