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Wow. AI technology can be used to target and oppress marginalized people at a mass scale, and Google just put the president of the Heritage Foundation, a xenophobic transphobe, on their AI Ethics Council. Now employees are speaking out: medium.com/@against.trans…
This is the person Google just invited to advise them on ethics in Artificial Intelligence technology. They announced it four days before #TransDayOfVisibility
The letter has been signed by more than 80 Google employees, plus dozens of academics, activists, attorneys, celebrities, etc

One member of the AI Ethics council already resigned over the controversy

There's info on how to add your name at bottom of this medium.com/@against.trans…
Google employees wrote: "Google cannot claim to support trans people and its trans employees — a population that faces real and material threats — and simultaneously appoint someone committed to trans erasure to a key AI advisory position." medium.com/@against.trans… #TDOV
"From AI that doesn’t recognize trans people, doesn’t “hear” more feminine voices, and doesn’t “see” women of color, to AI used to enhance police surveillance, profile immigrants, and automate weapons — those who are most marginalized are most at risk." medium.com/@against.trans…
Update: Now more than 130 Google employees have signed on to this letter calling on the company to kick the President of the racist, transphobic Heritage Foundation off their "AI Ethics" council: medium.com/@against.trans… Plus folks like @doctorow @NaomiAKlein @mollycrabapple etc
From what I gather, the person responsible for deciding to put a transphobic, anti-immigrant extremist on Google's artificial ethics advisory council is @kent_walker their SVP of Global Affairs. It wouldn't be a bad thing if he heard from y'all about this medium.com/@against.trans…
.@fightfortheftr now has a petition up echoing the Google employees demands and calling on @kent_walker and Google leadership to stand up against hate and remove James from the company's AI ethics council. Please sign and share: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell…
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