Google Project Maven: Twelve Google employees quit company because they did not agree with the plan to develop AI for the US Army, through a prolettercalled Project Maven. Meanwhile, another 4.000 others signed a petition demanding a halt to work on the project.
The slogan “Do not Be Evil” of the company does not seem to apply in this case as Google is reportedly preparing to develop machine learning systems to enhance warfare machineof the United States.
For those who are wondering: No, Google isn't making killer robots, and it won't be developing weapons for the government, according to Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene. But it will help the military configure TensorFlow to be able to analyze videos taken from drones.
Η online report which has more than 4.000 signatures, disputes the claims of company leaders and probably does not make a mistake:
Recently, Google employees expressed their concerns and concerns about the Maven project. Diane Greene responded, assuring them that the technology would not "work to fly aircraft" and "would not be used for launching weapons". Although this eliminates a small part of immediate applications, the technology is built for the military and will be used to assist in these tasks.
We can not know if Project Maven will or may not go on, but what we are sure about is that Google will not be back because 12 employees have left.
Moreover, no one is irreplaceable, especially for companies within the reach of Google. A positive reinvigoration from the company (do not be laughable to hear this too) is that we are teaching the army how to use open source software.
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