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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’ (www.theverge.com)
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A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.

“Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”

Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full:

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[–] Antonbl@lemmy.world 56 points 4 hours ago

This is such a bold move. Takes courage to speak up from the inside, especially at an event like that. Whether people agree or not, the conversation about the ethics of AI and its real-world consequences needs to happen.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Can anyone ELI5 how they're using AI for genocide? I have awful IT skills so I don't understand AI

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

AI is being pushed into war machines big time. America and China are both working on it. With ukraine showing how incredibly effective drones are in warfare, just imagine the damage and destruction a swarm of drones controlled by an AI could cause.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 55 minutes ago

Its scary and awful

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 12 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ganbramor@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago

But critics warn the [AI] system is unproven at best — and at worst, providing a technological justification for the killing of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

This 2023 article didn’t age well.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 hours ago

Fucking hell that's bad

[–] Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago

She is SO BRAVE. Wow. I wish I had half that strength.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 33 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

SHE needs to be DEPORTED to EL SALVADOR!

-Free Speech Loving CONservatives!

[–] LucidLyes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Actually in French we label dumbasses as "Les cons". It doesn't have the meaning of being sneaky or cunning, it just means they're morons. Pretty fitting

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I know it's supposed to be a joke. Doesn't seem worth it.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

yeah I agree. I do my best to avoid hearing these words when they come from loathsome people. Parroting them, even in jest, still means those ideas are being amplified.

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