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16 April 2024 21h34

There is no known contract with Hamas. There is a large, and well documented contract with the Israeli military.

Tech Workers Stand Against Harmful AI Development

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16 April 2024 20h04

Why would you say that? Are you not heartened that some of the most powerful yet least accountable corporations in the world employ people willing to stand up to management on behalf of those harmed by the technologies they develop and profit from?

History of Polaroid Workers and Technology Industry

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16 April 2024 19h58

On the history of Polaroid workers:

Google Workers Protest Nimbus AI Project Israel Gaza

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16 April 2024 19h57

Read more here: https://
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Tech Workers’ Historic Stand Against Weapons Development

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16 April 2024 19h56

This is a historic tech action.

A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons. https://t.co/CiBi0SoDxk
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 16 avril 2024

This is a historic tech action. A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons.

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Twitter’s Professional Relevance Decline in Tech Community

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16 April 2024 19h54

I don’t know about overall use, but when you go to conferences you can see the sad decline of Twitter’s relevance to the professional world. People used to talk about who they learned from & their interactions on this platform, now it is all private chat groups & (yikes) LinkedIn