Google employees react to AI weapons policy shift: “Are we the baddies?”
Google dropped its 2018 pledge against using AI for weapons or surveillance, citing national security.
Some employees reacted with frustration, posting memes and criticism on Memegen, Google’s internal forum.
A top-voted meme showed CEO Sundar Pichai searching: “How to become a weapons contractor?”
Another featured a Nazi soldier asking, “Are we the baddies?” in response to Google’s AI weapons shift.
A Big Bang Theory meme joked: “Oh, that’s why,” referencing Google’s defense ties.
Despite the backlash, only a small group of employees protested, while others supported Google’s closer work with the U.S. government.
Source: Business Insider
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.