cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/38746129
Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages
“Ok, I mean, sure, we sold the Nazis punchcards, but seriously, what could they do with them?”
Should be required reading for anyone in tech. Bonus - great early history of punch cards and IBM.
However, the company said it had found no evidence to date that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in the Gaza Strip.
A lawyer wrote that statement. I read between the lines that M$ has a don’t ask, don’t tell policy in regards to war crimes.
Everytime there is a genocide in the white man’s world there is an American company earning a fee ☝️
Phew that’s a relief.
Haven’t felt this good since that Theranos machine at Walgreens told me I didn’t have the cancer my doctors kept telling me I did.
However, the company said it had found no evidence to date that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in the Gaza Strip.
I’m sure it’s technically true. Can’t find evidence if you’re not looking for it. Or if you’re actively sabotaging any such efforts. Or if you’ve deliberately created a framework that makes it easy and likely for any ‘evidence’ to disappear.
Microsoft is the new IBM helping bring genocide to a country near you.
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Genocide Edition
aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages
Not the best advert for MS’s AI products, is it?
Rick James: See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on somebody’s couch like it’s something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense then that.
[pause]
Rick James: Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie’s couch.
Dear Microsoft
We use your AI to commit genocide now.
Kind Regards, NetanjahuOr how they think it works?
I trust the Israelis 🤡
Israeli hostages? You mean prisoners of war?
Oh no, the people we sent blazing down there were getting caught!
Like fucking iTunes forbidding its use for terrorism. Grow up.
What the fuck do you imagine a military - especially the Israeli military - does, exactly? How do you imagine they’re locating those hostages? I’m going to guess it involves a lot of rather unfriendly things done to Palestinians that they would classify as ‘harm’.
So just for harming people in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran then?
