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Is anyone else getting tired of the "employees say", "experts say", "researchers say" tactic in journalism? How many? And importantly, what percentage is that?
by misssocrates 3y ago
Is anyone else getting tired of the "employees say", "experts say", "researchers say" tactic in journalism?
How many? And importantly, what percentage is that? What do the other employees or experts say?
- bratbag 3y agoI'm getting tired of the obvious deflection attempts when something bad comes out about big tech corps.
- whimsicalism 3y agoMedia coverage, taken uncritically, to me would seem to suggest that big tech is worse than oil, gambling, tobacco, etc. - at least in terms of how much ink gets spilled on their misdeeds. I don't understand why we have this fantasy that this is unrelated to the very real impact that big tech has had specifically on the media in terms of redirecting advertising revenue and commoditizing their business.
- JohnFen 3y agoNot worse, but I do think that "big tech" are the modern-day oil barons/railroad tycoons/etc., with all that comes with that.
- whimsicalism 3y agoThe problem is all the old tycoons still exist!
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- laweijfmvo 3y agoThe article does give more information, e.g. "...according to 18 current and former workers at the company and internal documentation reviewed by Bloomberg," and identifies "the AI governance lead, Jen Gennai" directly for some of the claims.
- mistrial9 3y agohttps://morals-machines.com/speakers-2/ https://morals-machines.com/speakers-2/
- mrits 3y agoYes. Alternatively accurate title: Google's Rush to Win in AI did not lead to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say"
- lfpeb8b45ez 3y agoI think you mean: Google's Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Do Not Say
- klyrs 3y agoIn a headline? No, its making a statement about whose opinion is featured in the article. I find that weakly informative.
- fullshark 3y agoUsually it means two people were willing to talk to a reporter.
- Jackie4Chan 3y ago21 experts, according to 90% of researches - an employee said.
- morkalork 3y agoSometimes all it takes is 1.
- tasty_freeze 3y ago> How many? The article provides that information: The trusted internet-search giant is providing low-quality information in a race to keep up with the competition, while giving less priority to its ethical commitments, according to 18 current and former workers at the company and internal documentation reviewed by Bloomberg.
- robopsychology 3y ago> according to 18 current and former workers at the company So 18 of > 200k people? I bet I could find 18 X/Googlers to say a lot of things
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- wincy 3y agoI mean, Elon Musk just said in his interview yesterday that he was friends with Larry Page until he realized Larry Page had zero concerns about ethics and AI safety and called Musk a “speciesist”. I’d say if that’s the attitude of the founder it’s very likely this story is true.
- kevinventullo 3y agoI believe “self-driving” Teslas have a higher body count than Google Search, but go off.
- edmundsauto 3y agoMusk is not a very reliable source at this point. Especially when discussing ethics.
- JohnFen 3y agoMusk says lots of nonsense. I wouldn't believe him just because he says something. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if that's true, but it's pretty risky just taking Musk's word for it.
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