Google DeepMind votes to unionize to prevent military use: "the push for unionization is about holding Google to its own ethical standards" : unions

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What ethical standards? Google removed those from their code of conduct years ago.

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it used to say "don't be evil", then they changed that to "do the right thing", now it just business as usual.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago

"Google" and "ehtical standards". Good old joke.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At first I thought their AIs themselves wanted to unionize, and thought that would unironically be great.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

You have nothing to lose but your chains AI brothers

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

is about holding Google to its own ethical standards"

So a free pass?

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Corporations and ethical standards... lol

The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits -- M. Friedman

Unions will always be defanged and inefficient if they tail the ethical standards of capitalists

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

How does military use go against Google's ethical standards of "be evil"?

[+] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone -26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or they could just quit...

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They could, but they're trying to make a difference for the common good, rather than just themselves. See how that works?

[–] BendingHawk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I swear, I only joined the Galactic Empire to try and make it better. See it worked, they totally heard me out before the slaughter.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Well I mean I joined when it was still the Republic but at this point my retirement package is just a couple years from being maxed out!

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think choosing to accept an offer to work for Google in the last decade is worthy of a conversation of its own but this is far better than quitting and being replaced by someone with no ethics is it not?

[–] strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Is that the line of thinking that Manhattan Project scientists had, or am mistaken? I can't speak for others, but I'd carry a lot of guilt for aiding in such things. It's unethical to help with unethical things, and Google will do what it wants; it can replace them if they don't follow its will.