Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’www.theverge.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square177linkfedilink
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoAn active mass genocide is an odd time to make a statement? Microsoft lied about not supplying the IDF military cloud in the past. And AI is a far more direct contribution to genocide than excel support. Plenty of reasons to do it now. And better now than tomorrow.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoYes because their military work has been public for decades and it isn’t as if the IDF just started becoming problematic in 2023.
An active mass genocide is an odd time to make a statement?
Microsoft lied about not supplying the IDF military cloud in the past.
And AI is a far more direct contribution to genocide than excel support.
Plenty of reasons to do it now. And better now than tomorrow.
Yes because their military work has been public for decades and it isn’t as if the IDF just started becoming problematic in 2023.