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by snowwrestler 725 days ago
I wouldn’t worry about it; in the U.S. the people with the qualms are not the people who are actually building the machine learning systems.
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Of course they aren’t the customers. That doesn’t stop them from having a disproportionately loud voice in the matter.

Once you really understand what ESG is, you will understand why every company gets a rainbow logo this month, why companies seem eager to push their actual customers aside, and why the constantly-offended are catered to instead of mocked.

Look at every AI press release. They all use “safety” over and over. Without that dogwhistle, they wouldn’t be in line for investment funding.