Google has decided not to move forward with a controversial Department of Defense program, also known as Project Maven, that would have helped the military USA να πραγματοποιεί αναsolutions using artificialς intelligences.
Google Project Maven: Reactions to build AI weapon
The news was published today by Gizmodo, and was announced internally by the head of Google Cloud Diane Greene in a meeting she had with department employees.
Greene's announcement comes just days after Google's decision to re-examine the company's code of conduct for military AI development.
Today's decision should calm the internal troubles of Google that began months ago since the company's involvement in Project Maven in March from Gizmodo. The publication said at the time that employees were "outraged" when they learned of the company's plans to use it software to help a government program aimed at killing people with unmanned vehicles.
It should be mentioned here that although Project Maven would not directly use Google software for any active participation in any form of military conflict, the company would have the tools and expertise in analysis photos, with algorithms computer vision trained with AI techniques. This, of course, could enable better identification of targets, and reduce collateral losses in future bombings.
But the full extent of Google's involvement in Project Maven has never been clear.
So in early April, more than 3.000 Google employees signed an open letter to the CEO of Google Sundar Pichai, ζητώντας από την εταιρεία να αποσυρθεί από το πρόγραμμα, γράφοντας ότι “η Google δεν πρέπει να βρίσκεται στις πολεμικές businesses".
Earlier this month, Gizmodo reported that about twelve employees had resigned after Google's inaction and continued involvement in Project Maven.
Today, as the pressure exerted on Google seems to have paid off. According to Gizmodo, Greene told employees that their reaction was the main reason the company decided not to renew its contract. Coincidentally, on May 18, Google updated its code of conduct to replace the old Do not be evil slogan with "Do the right thing."
