Why I Left Google DeepMind — LessWrong

kept by herebecookies sep 11

The author resigned from Google DeepMind after unsuccessful internal efforts to block Google's contracts with DHS immigration enforcement and an unrestricted Pentagon AI deal, citing broken ethics promises.

Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic - The New York Times
Over 100 Google AI employees sent a letter to chief scientist Jeff Dean opposing Gemini's use for U.S. surveillance and certain autonomous weapons.
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The Jeff Dean Facts
This piece preserves a collection of humorous 'Jeff Dean Facts' memes that exaggerate his programming abilities, originally from a now-removed Quora post.
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AI #156 Part 1: They Do Mean The Effect On Jobs
AI is now visible in US productivity statistics as job growth revises down but GDP stays strong, indicating a structural shift from AI-driven automation.
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Exclusive | Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid - WSJ
The Pentagon used Anthropic’s Claude AI via a Palantir contract in the military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, signaling growing AI adoption in defense.
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Frontier labs don’t use most AI compute (yet) - by Josh You
Epoch AI estimates frontier labs use less than half of global AI compute, but OpenAI and Anthropic may soon dominate, requiring economic transformation to sustain scaling.
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