Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMicrosoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’www.theverge.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoi agree with what you’re saying from an ethical standpoint. i think she’s right to protest. but it’s not “an issue”, it’s a huge fucking client of theirs. from a business standpoint its a huge ask to fire a whole military as a customer.
minus-squareGnuLinuxDude@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoCan’t help but think of this book wrt your comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
i agree with what you’re saying from an ethical standpoint. i think she’s right to protest.
but it’s not “an issue”, it’s a huge fucking client of theirs. from a business standpoint its a huge ask to fire a whole military as a customer.
Can’t help but think of this book wrt your comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust