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When called out on it, they then doubled down on this dogshit take: https://archive.ph/quYyb

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, so his solution to abuse in big tech is...hiring someone who formerly worked in big tech...? Okay...

[–] dukethorion@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meredith Whittaker worked for Google for over a decade, in AI.

Gonna go drop Signal now?

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

...you can't possibly mean the woman whom, in her resignation note from Google, expressed concerns about the company's unchecked power, right?

That's not the gotcha you think it is...

[–] dukethorion@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She was content enough for long enough before Google started their military project, which was what she objected to.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That absolutely cannot be your only takeaway from her entire resignation letter.

https://googlewalkout.medium.com/onward-another-googlewalkout-goodbye-b733fa134a7d