AI: licence to kill

[ 05-02-2025 ] [ #politics #cs ]

So google just dropped their pledge to not use AI for weapons or surveillance…

I hope that this makes it clear to everyone that the tech industry has never really cared about anyone’s interests other than its own profit.

From the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the devastating consequences of algotithmic bias and discriminations, to the outright complicity of “Big Tech” companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in supporting the genocide of the Palestinian people, technology has always been used by those who own it to exploit, surveil, oppress and kill.

While technology itself is not the root of all evil, it is far from neutral. Technology is shaped by the class interests of the bourgeoisie and will continue to be used to opress us unless we fight against it