Meredith Whittaker

the thing i kept hitting up against more and more strongly until i got a signal message in uh late 2017 from moxie or no no i mean i probably did get one from moxie at that time but not this one was not that one um it was from a friend of mine at google who said yo there's a really disturbing project that is hidden that i'm very close to

the thing i kept hitting up against more and more strongly until i got a signal message in uh late 2017 from moxie or no no i mean i probably did get one from moxie at that time but not this one was not that one um it was from a friend of mine at google who said yo there's a really disturbing project that is hidden that i'm very close to

And you should know about it because you're the AI person who cares about this and you have standing at the company around it. And this was the secretive contract that Google signed with the Department of Defense. to build AI drone targeting and surveillance systems for the drone war.

And you should know about it because you're the AI person who cares about this and you have standing at the company around it. And this was the secretive contract that Google signed with the Department of Defense. to build AI drone targeting and surveillance systems for the drone war.

And you should know about it because you're the AI person who cares about this and you have standing at the company around it. And this was the secretive contract that Google signed with the Department of Defense. to build AI drone targeting and surveillance systems for the drone war.

And of course, like I was politicized post 9-11, post Snowden, like this was, you know, the drone war and the signature strike and all of that were really core in kind of my, you know, things that I ideologically rejected and, you know, felt like we needed to disarm, not supercharge.

And of course, like I was politicized post 9-11, post Snowden, like this was, you know, the drone war and the signature strike and all of that were really core in kind of my, you know, things that I ideologically rejected and, you know, felt like we needed to disarm, not supercharge.

And of course, like I was politicized post 9-11, post Snowden, like this was, you know, the drone war and the signature strike and all of that were really core in kind of my, you know, things that I ideologically rejected and, you know, felt like we needed to disarm, not supercharge.

um and i had like a you know like a righteous anger i was just like fuck this because you're there running around you know trying to shape the discourse on ai yeah and making them look good right and because they get to like they get to be like look we platform such heterodox voices we're surely benevolent right and then i'm like okay and then you're inking this deal

um and i had like a you know like a righteous anger i was just like fuck this because you're there running around you know trying to shape the discourse on ai yeah and making them look good right and because they get to like they get to be like look we platform such heterodox voices we're surely benevolent right and then i'm like okay and then you're inking this deal

um and i had like a you know like a righteous anger i was just like fuck this because you're there running around you know trying to shape the discourse on ai yeah and making them look good right and because they get to like they get to be like look we platform such heterodox voices we're surely benevolent right and then i'm like okay and then you're inking this deal

with the DoD behind the scenes for technology that one we know doesn't sort of work for the purpose, right? Like, you know, it's not going to better identify

with the DoD behind the scenes for technology that one we know doesn't sort of work for the purpose, right? Like, you know, it's not going to better identify

with the DoD behind the scenes for technology that one we know doesn't sort of work for the purpose, right? Like, you know, it's not going to better identify

a worthy target of death or whatever the fuck it's, you know, it's not, you know, we know this is bullshit, but like, and you know, this is a multinational company, like more than half the employees are outside the U S there is an issue with yoking yourself to, you know, not that you have one nation's government, not that many tech companies care that much about that.

a worthy target of death or whatever the fuck it's, you know, it's not, you know, we know this is bullshit, but like, and you know, this is a multinational company, like more than half the employees are outside the U S there is an issue with yoking yourself to, you know, not that you have one nation's government, not that many tech companies care that much about that.

a worthy target of death or whatever the fuck it's, you know, it's not, you know, we know this is bullshit, but like, and you know, this is a multinational company, like more than half the employees are outside the U S there is an issue with yoking yourself to, you know, not that you have one nation's government, not that many tech companies care that much about that.

And then there was just the, you know, what is the structural danger, which is deeply acute and, of a massive surveillance company with more data than the world has ever seen, more compromise than you can imagine, like, yoking their fortunes and a key dependency to the U.S. military, right?

And then there was just the, you know, what is the structural danger, which is deeply acute and, of a massive surveillance company with more data than the world has ever seen, more compromise than you can imagine, like, yoking their fortunes and a key dependency to the U.S. military, right?

And then there was just the, you know, what is the structural danger, which is deeply acute and, of a massive surveillance company with more data than the world has ever seen, more compromise than you can imagine, like, yoking their fortunes and a key dependency to the U.S. military, right?