sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours 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-square8fedilinkarrow-up1250cross-posted to: unions@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1250external-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 · 23 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: unions@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·21 hours 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-up6·21 hours 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-up4·edit-218 hours 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.
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.