Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’
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I'm very confused. Can somebody explain how any of that makes any sense?
it's a very long email. there's details of how Microsoft contracts with Israeli Defense to make AI that supports war efforts
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This is what happens when you read and watch hamas' war propaganda online.
There are photos and videos of russian soldiers dying. Does that give ukraine the fault for this war?
You see an article about a major tech company collaborating with a major world government, and you think the terrorist resistance cells living in dirt are the ones more capable of disseminating propaganda?
What if you're the one who's consumed the propaganda? Where's the money, Larry?
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What's the solution to lasting peace? Restore rule to the Ottomans or British?
You can't bomb a place or rape its people into stability. We have 200 years of hard evidence for that (not that it was needed). Literally any other approach would be beneficial for everyone except the war profiteers
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What's the solution to lasting peace? Restore rule to the Ottomans or British?
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I know it's supposed to be a joke. Doesn't seem worth it.
yeah I agree. I do my best to avoid hearing these words when they come from loathsome people. Parroting them, even in jest, still means those ideas are being amplified.
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You say complacent, I say complicit.
You say pervasive, and I say permissive [soft-shoe dance]
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TL;DR: she works on the speech to text AI product on Azure, which is used by Israel for some of their operations.
Look, I understand her desire to stop fighting in Palestine, but by that logic, we should also be protesting every software and computer manufacturer.
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Protest the Linux Kernel cause they use it in North Korea and probably weapon systems around the world too?
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I mean they sell to tons of military folks I assume. I know people didn’t sign up for it but the difference between genocide and military operation is purely what side you’re on. Also where do we draw the line? Windows use? Or just ai because of the mass surveillance capabilities? I can’t see that genie going back in the bottle.
Nothing wrong with the protest and good on them for getting the word out because the scale is crazy but we saw this same shit 20 years ago and nobody has the appetite to politically challenge the status quo so far as the intelligence community etc. and scummy use of technology.
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You need peace / security, a modicum of prosperity, and education / information from independent news.
Basically both Israel and Palestine are fucked.
I mean, it's not like there wasn't a technically-still-binding treaty for a 2-state solution, which would still be a working compromise for both sides (even though Israel would, by now, have to become Germany 2.0 in terms of self-awareness and lasting change to be even remotely trusted by its neighbors)… which gets completely ignored and pissed on by Israel…
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I mean they sell to tons of military folks I assume. I know people didn’t sign up for it but the difference between genocide and military operation is purely what side you’re on. Also where do we draw the line? Windows use? Or just ai because of the mass surveillance capabilities? I can’t see that genie going back in the bottle.
Nothing wrong with the protest and good on them for getting the word out because the scale is crazy but we saw this same shit 20 years ago and nobody has the appetite to politically challenge the status quo so far as the intelligence community etc. and scummy use of technology.
Genocide vs military op depends on side? I am on neither side, an observer from outside and I can see one fully armed side holocausting another side for the past 70 years and making sure nobody from anywhere in the world complain about it through lobbying.
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What's the solution to lasting peace? Restore rule to the Ottomans or British?
One State. Simple
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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:
She is SO BRAVE. Wow. I wish I had half that strength.
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SHE needs to be DEPORTED to EL SALVADOR!
-Free Speech Loving CONservatives!
Actually in French we label dumbasses as "Les cons". It doesn't have the meaning of being sneaky or cunning, it just means they're morons. Pretty fitting
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I keep this shot as a badge of honour
What was the reason in your inbox?
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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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This is what happens when you read and watch hamas' war propaganda online.
There are photos and videos of russian soldiers dying. Does that give ukraine the fault for this war?
This is what happens when you read Israeli war propaganda online.
Genocide apologists are the absolute worst scum.
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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:
Can anyone ELI5 how they're using AI for genocide? I have awful IT skills so I don't understand AI
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Can anyone ELI5 how they're using AI for genocide? I have awful IT skills so I don't understand AI
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Fucking hell that's bad
