Posted on 08/02/2019 9:08:38 PM PDT by onyx
Peter Thiel is doubling down on his criticism of Google. The Silicon Valley investor wrote in a New York Times op-ed Thursday that the search giant is hurting the US by sharing its artificial intelligence technology with China.
Thiel, one of President Donald Trump's highest-profile supporters in the tech industry, said it's "shocking" that Google would work with a rival country, because AI is such a beneficial military tool.
He wrote that AI is "valuable to any army -- to gain an intelligence advantage, for example, or to penetrate defenses in the relatively new theater of cyberwarfare, where we are already living amid the equivalent of a multinational shooting war."
He also points to an AI lab Google opened in Beijing two years ago, as well as the company's decision to stop work with the Pentagon on Project Maven, an initiative that uses AI to improve the analysis of drone footage. Google decided not to renew its contract after its employees protested the project. Soon after, CEO Sundar Pichai released a set of guidelines that said Google wouldn't develop AI for weapons but would still work with the US military.
Google declined to comment on the op-ed. But in the past, the company has noted that it doesn't work with the Chinese military.
Thiel's comments come weeks after he accused Google of having a "seemingly treasonous" relationship with China and urged a probe by the FBI and CIA. After Thiel's comments, Trump tweeted that he would "take a look."
Last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he met with Pichai to discuss the company's work in China. After the meeting, Mnuchin said he has no security concerns about Google's work in the country. Two days later, though, Trump tweeted that there "may or may not" be security concerns.
There was story her last year, google employees petitioned management to not do AI with the US military. Management of course thought that was good noble idea.
And google continued with research on AI with a university in China that works for the Chinese military. Not only is google trying to control american elections it is working for our largest threat.
Trump should declare them to be not an american country and treat them as traitors.
Even within our borders, almost 40% are Indian or C
Communist Chinese without loyalty to the USA
... Considering nearly 40% of its workforce in the USA are Indian or Communist Chinese, I have to disagree
Google is run by commies so guess who they want to help? OTHER commies!
Every time you think that Google couldn’t be more rotten, they disprove you.
GOOGLE is just bad for America ...PERIOD.
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