Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’
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The odd shitty thing? Israel's been attacking innocent civilians for well over a year now. Hamas is shitty, but there is nothing that warrrants the level of destruction Isreal's done to Gaza.
Hamas abusing their own people leads to things like this
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It’s crazy how democracy is now implicitly democracy incorporated(TM) where individuals are silenced for expressing opinions about corporations. Vital institutions for a functioning democracy like media is now owned by big corporations, worse yet, in an increasingly monopolized way, blurring the lines between unelected corporations and elected government (who are also bought by corporations after or before they are elected)
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In long.
In short:
The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.
Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.
"Where’s Daddy?": A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.
The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials
Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm
Officers admitted acting as "stamps" for AI decisions, with one calling the process "hunting at large"
Additional informations: Project Nimbus
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AI is being pushed into war machines big time. America and China are both working on it. With ukraine showing how incredibly effective drones are in warfare, just imagine the damage and destruction a swarm of drones controlled by an AI could cause.
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For "threatening violence" which apparently was due to a comment I made where I said I wouldn't piss on a Tesla fire if Musk's mom was inside.
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I am temp banned for saying I hope a covid denier gets covid multiple times and is intubated each time to experience the panic of possibly never waking up again. I incited violence. I just hope they got to experience the trauma that I've seen working at a hospital. It might be real to them then.
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It’s crazy how democracy is now implicitly democracy incorporated(TM) where individuals are silenced for expressing opinions about corporations. Vital institutions for a functioning democracy like media is now owned by big corporations, worse yet, in an increasingly monopolized way, blurring the lines between unelected corporations and elected government (who are also bought by corporations after or before they are elected)
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I fear that we have little time before they become self-sufficient enough on an island like Zuck and don’t need us bickering at each other or outputing wealth for them. Back to the cavemen times where the guys on top control the masses through brute force. This time AI-powered brute force. With advancements in robotics and multimodal AI, what stops Zuck or Musk from training their own army of robots (both humanoid and otherwise) and instruct them to detain or destroy people? They have the means and the data.
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Hamas abusing their own people leads to things like this
'Oh these people are being bad to their own people, lets just bomb all of them into the stone ages'
Nah dude
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In long.
In short:
The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.
Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.
"Where’s Daddy?": A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.
The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials
Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm
Officers admitted acting as "stamps" for AI decisions, with one calling the process "hunting at large"
Additional informations: Project Nimbus
Google and Amazon are mentioned in the Wikipedia article but not Microsoft.
Not defending them, just asking for better evidence.
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Most Reddit subs block comments or ban you outright if you mention Palestine or Israel. Reddit has taken censorship too far.
Just posting on r/showerthoughts is hard enough.
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A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.
“Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”
Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full:
It takes massive courage to give up a cozy job at Microsoft and potentially damage your entire career to stand up for your values this way. Props to her!
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LinkedIn just deleted her profile, I was following her yesterday: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibtihalaboussad
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Of course their not sure. This is an internet forum. The account being gone must mean it was deleted. Honestly, she was probably getting so much bat shit crazy messages, she deleted it herself. That makes the most sense.
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Google and Amazon are mentioned in the Wikipedia article but not Microsoft.
Not defending them, just asking for better evidence.
Microsoft isn't mentioned in the text, but the 3rd citation is a reference to Microsoft: Microsoft to Launch Much Awaited Cloud Server Farm in Israel in 2021
Separately, I did a quick search: Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war
In recent years, documents show, Microsoft has also provided the Israeli military with large-scale access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model – the engine behind ChatGPT – thanks to a partnership with the developer of the AI tools which recently changed its policies against working with military and intelligence clients.
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Could be she set it to private. It's what I did when I left my last gig.
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She has a very sought after skillset. It might be rough for awhile but she'll land on her feet. Her time at the Big 5 is done but they're all evil anyway.
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Hamas abusing their own people leads to things like this
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Explain hamas child soldiers and human shields then.
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'Oh these people are being bad to their own people, lets just bomb all of them into the stone ages'
Nah dude
If hamas don't play fair, why should Israel?
