Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
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Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
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Well, what did they expect?
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They probably expected their employer not to participate in genocide.
What a dummy, right?!?! \s
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It was about sending a message.
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Problems can be ongoing or increase in severity. Just because it’s been an issue for a while doesn’t mean it’s too late for change.
Also, some people don’t have the luxury to choose an ethical employer (if they even exist).
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Ethical options?
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....maybe.
Or, hear me out, the dude specifically applied for Microsoft with the intention of changing shit.
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Uh, yes? It's not about sending a message inside MS only. It was about sending it out there. See how we're discussing the story? Are we MS employees? Where's my 401K?
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Direct participation in the military systems for a genocide is a tad further than the military industrial complex.
The message is that people participating in genocide will not be made at the very least very uncomfortable for doing so.
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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.
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Literally this
It's like they are signaling to the world how virtuous they are
A kind of high ground moral messaging if you will
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Oh yeah, "modern day slavery has been a problem for years. Why be vocal about it now?"
Look, I am a cynical nobody, so I sometimes think "nothing will ever change." But some brave souls, more idealistic than me, take these steps with the hope that it will spark change - or at least it will put one more straw in the camel.
So yeah, it's about sending a message, and I think that's important.
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