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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

(www.washingtonpost.com)
617 points jbegley | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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a_shovel ◴[04 Feb 25 20:43 UTC] No.42938313[source]▶
I initially thought that this was an announcement for a new pledge and thought, "they're going to forget about this the moment it's convenient." Then I read the article and realized, "Oh, it's already convenient."

Google is a megacorp, and while megacorps aren't fundamentally "evil" (for some definitions of evil), they are fundamentally unconcerned with goodness or morality, and any appearance that they are is purely a marketing exercise.

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nirav72 ◴[04 Feb 25 21:25 UTC] No.42938964[source]▶
They’re not evil, they’re amoral and are designed to maximize profits for their investors. Evil is subjective.
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1. mainecoder ◴[04 Feb 25 22:18 UTC] No.42939787[source]▶
>Evil is subjective. Everything is subjective - moralist bro It's all priced in - Wall street bro learn to code - tech bro