Google's #ProjectMaven
-Abbhirami
This time it wasn't my usual morning. I was up pretty late and I had to rush things up before sitting to start my work. As usual I took my phone to slide through my news feed. To my surprise there was one specific tiny column that was seated right below the music band, the Imagine Dragons. As I was glancing, I found some "keywords" that did catch my attention - AI, Google, military, USA, etc. I had a hunch before really reading it but then I didn't really wanted to have any preconceived thoughts. So I pressed it to find out something I was expecting!
Project Maven -- the deal through which Google is providing the Pentagon with AI software that can flag drone images that require further human review -- has been a thorn in the company's side for months. Google employees have spoken out against the project and their opposition ultimately led to the company deciding not to renew the contract when it expires next year. Now, former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, who started the Project Maven initiative, is saying he's "alarmed" by Google's decision to walk away from the program.
Like you and I, many employees were really not into accepting this project. So this project was taken down.
I am shook.
Got any comments? Let me know what you are thinking.
This time it wasn't my usual morning. I was up pretty late and I had to rush things up before sitting to start my work. As usual I took my phone to slide through my news feed. To my surprise there was one specific tiny column that was seated right below the music band, the Imagine Dragons. As I was glancing, I found some "keywords" that did catch my attention - AI, Google, military, USA, etc. I had a hunch before really reading it but then I didn't really wanted to have any preconceived thoughts. So I pressed it to find out something I was expecting!
Project Maven, from Google aims to bring AI into military. This is serious and I am not really happy with "robots" fighting.
Project Maven -- the deal through which Google is providing the Pentagon with AI software that can flag drone images that require further human review -- has been a thorn in the company's side for months. Google employees have spoken out against the project and their opposition ultimately led to the company deciding not to renew the contract when it expires next year. Now, former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, who started the Project Maven initiative, is saying he's "alarmed" by Google's decision to walk away from the program.
Like you and I, many employees were really not into accepting this project. So this project was taken down.
After it announced that it wouldn't renew the Project Maven contract, Google released a policy regarding how it will handle AI projects going forward. The company said it would not design or deploy AI for technologies that "are likely to cause overall harm," for weapons, for surveillance or for technologies "whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights."
I am shook.
Got any comments? Let me know what you are thinking.
Happy Birthday Abbhi
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