It’s hard to overstate how important AI is to the company. “It’s more profound than, I don’t know, electricity or fire,” said Sundar Pichai.

Google has been at the center of a widening public debate over how automated systems might disadvantage vulnerable groups or lead to large-scale job losses, and whether AI should be incorporated into weaponry.

Critics familiar with the council see it as a whitewash. They say a board of top executives is unlikely to serve as a serious check on Google in situations where its stated ethical principles butt up against its financial interests.

EXAMPLE:

Walker noted that the company had decided to hold off on a general-use facial recognition tool “before working through important technology and policy questions.”

AI Now’s report noted that Google had pursued a censored version of its search engine for the Chinese market, even after it had released a set of principles that seemed to preclude such a project on human rights grounds.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-06/the-google-ai-ethics-board-with-actual-power-is-still-around

>>6072225

Photo above: Architecture reflecting cultural organizing principles.

>>6072292

Pro tip. If you ever get the chance to be a passenger in a fighter jet, DON'T play with any of the buttons.

During the call, an individual, eventually identified as the defendant, stated to the staff member, “Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you working for her, she’s a (expletive) terrorist. I’ll put a bullet in her (expletive) skull.”

[no mention yet that the accused posted regularly on 8ch.net]

https://splinternews.com/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-ilhan-omar-callin-1833858635