Bear in mind, the same is true of humans. We went to war with Iraq on surveillance imagery that had zero AI involvement. That was a lot more than 1 innocent person killed.

Which scenario do you think is better:

You have no clue how our military works then.

Absolutely. If something saves thousands of lives but sometimes does not work then that is a great thing.

We used to invade and carpet bomb. Using precise drones saves civilian lives. That is the alternative.

Not everyone buys the Hollywood stupid BS that the army is a bunch of mustache twirling EEEEEVIL men that gets off by killing innocent people.

No where in this blog post did it mention that the 14 people that quit are actually working on this project.

That is a slippery slope argument and invalid.

Egads! Sound logic and reasoning! Well, I never! Star for you.

Saving American lives is not evil, not using the best technology available to save lives of innocent people whould be evil.

Explain to me how flagging drone footage for human-review —gaining better intel so that we do not attack the wrong targets —is evil.

Fuck these Google ex-employees.

Bet you they all had new 6 figure jobs lined up before they did their little protest.

Google is in the corner crying...

I’ve worked at a plant, part of a huge corporation, that did a lot of military contracts. I understand these peoples concern. If you don’t like the way your employer does things, by all means quit. But that is no protest. The corporation couldn’t care diddly squat about why a few people quit. Or, why you feel the way…

As someone who has worked on Project Maven-like issues and is also fundamentally against many of the parts of the military industrial complex, I get that they might want some transparency about working for DoD, but I think incorporating more AI in image analysis prevents deaths rather than increases them. The major…

Those who leave because transparency into and attention by the executive echelon have weakened are protesting a change in corporate culture. OK, a fair personal decision.

Stealing peoples data for profit is ok.

No, because it would be racist if possession was limited to one race.

Fingerprint scans aren’t all that. In some jurisdictions, cops are permitted to use your prints to force their way in the phone. In contrast, they cannot compel you to provide a password.