Exclusive: Google executives gave employees details on dropping the company’s promise against weaponized AI and nixing diversity goals

Google’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the tech giant will sunset its diversity initiatives and defended dropping its pledge against building artificial intelligence for weaponry and surveillance in an all-staff meeting.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•8 days ago

    But the math says that treating those employees well will still get you more money.

    The problem is that it won’t necessarily happen this quarter.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•8 days ago

      It’s all about motivations. Are they motivated first by the performance of the business, or by class warfare? Only the latter adequately explains observed behavior.

      • @[email protected]
        2•8 days ago

        None of the executives are motivated first by class warfare. They’re motivated by short term share value increases - which invariably causes the kind of pains which pushes everyone towards class warfare, IMO.

        • @[email protected]English
          0•8 days ago

          Some, not all. CEOs are people (sorta) with their own flaws and prejudices. Elon is, I believe, a clear example of a billionaire putting class warfare first. That would match his behavior perfectly.