sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoGoogle DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals | UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down11cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1263arrow-down1external-linkGoogle DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals | UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.www.wired.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·16 days agoAs soon as people stop looking, Google will shut down the whole office. It’s how tons of huge companies get around “can’t lay off union workers”.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·16 days agoThey just spent £1.3bn on building that office Even the most egregious caricature of a union buster is gonna baulk at throwing that investment away
minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-216 days agoThey can rent out or sell the building and recoup a measure of that investment. It’s nothing compared to the windfall they’ll get from selling snake oil on a military procurement contract.
minus-squaremerdaverse@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoThat’s pocket change for Google, which made $132 bn profit just last year. They can sell it and write off the small difference as a loss.
As soon as people stop looking, Google will shut down the whole office. It’s how tons of huge companies get around “can’t lay off union workers”.
They just spent £1.3bn on building that office
Even the most egregious caricature of a union buster is gonna baulk at throwing that investment away
They can rent out or sell the building and recoup a measure of that investment. It’s nothing compared to the windfall they’ll get from selling snake oil on a military procurement contract.
That’s pocket change for Google, which made $132 bn profit just last year. They can sell it and write off the small difference as a loss.