Could be true, but AI ethics lacks enough maturity as a field to tell whether a team is doing “long-term, socially responsible thinking” or “self-indulgent nave

Could be true, but AI ethics lacks enough maturity as a field to tell whether a team is doing “long-term, socially responsible thinking” or “self-indulgent navel-gazing”. It might have just been a failed department and the layoffs might have given cover to purge it ahead of pursuing a more functional strategy.