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by raxxorrax 2020 days ago
Internal ethics commissions aren't independent and cannot really work in opposition, so the effectiveness is always questionable and it doesn't seem that ethical behavior of Google products was the issue in this conflict.

AIs were accused of being biased so Google may have hired her as a defense mechanism. Her job was to justify Googles actions, basically a PR job and not a control organ.