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Google staff rebel as company embraces military links
San Jose Mercury ^ | May 15, 2018 | Mark Bergen

Posted on 05/15/2018 2:53:39 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Last July, 13 U.S. military commanders and technology executives met at the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley outpost, two miles from Google headquarters. It was the second meeting of an advisory board set up in 2016 to counsel the military on ways to apply technology to the battlefield. Milo Medin, a Google vice president, turned the conversation to using artificial intelligence in war games. Eric Schmidt, Google’s former boss, proposed using that tactic to map out strategies for standoffs with China over the next 20 years.

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To: Regulator

“Does Sundar Pichai have any allegiance to the United States?!”


I believe he’s a dual national. As a patriotic Indian, he will probably back anything that helps to counter Chinese military power.


21 posted on 05/15/2018 7:18:30 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: artichokegrower

The “rebels” are probably a mix of SJW’s of various hues and Chinese nationals who see the US as evil. I’d be leery of including *any* Chinese-born developers in the research. Even if they were loyal to Uncle Sam, there’s always the question of leverage over their friends and relatives back home.


22 posted on 05/15/2018 7:25:38 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: artichokegrower

Who cares, why don’t they just man up and quit if it so offends them?


23 posted on 05/15/2018 8:11:59 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SgtHooper

without contractors the work can’t be done. AI can’t be implemented by sudbusters from the provinces.


24 posted on 05/15/2018 8:52:13 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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