{"id":42447,"date":"2025-02-07T02:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=42447"},"modified":"2025-02-07T02:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:39:55","slug":"tech-dystopia-google-drops-pledge-not-to-use-ai-for-weapons-or-mass-surveillance-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=42447","title":{"rendered":"TECH DYSTOPIA: Google Drops Pledge Not To Use AI for Weapons or Mass Surveillance Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AI-generated image by Grok.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We live in a world where AI is already widely used in a variety of weapons systems by a number of countries.<\/p>\n

Drones and UAVs are a perfect example, with AI selecting and engaging targets without human intervention, as well as Loitering Munitions (kamikaze drones) identifying and engaging targets. In development are also \u2018swarming technologies\u2019, in which multiple AI-controlled drones operate in coordination.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s much more: Missile Defense Systems use AI for automatic detection and engagement of incoming missiles or aircraft; AI-Enabled Targeting Systems that identify targets in conflict zones; autonomous Naval Systems (unmanned ships), and even DARPA\u2019s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Program in which AI can pilot an actual F-16 in flight.<\/p>\n

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On top of it all, there are AI-enhanced logistics and Decision Support optimizing resource allocation and tactical decisions.<\/p>\n

So, it would make no sense, really, for a top-tier player in the AI landscape, like Google, to be opting to remain out of this ongoing revolution in weapons and surveillance systems.<\/p>\n

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AI-generated image by Grok.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gizmodo<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons and surveillance systems on Tuesday. And it\u2019s just the latest sign that Big Tech is no longer concerned with the potential blowback that can come when consumer-facing tech companies get big, lucrative contracts to develop police surveillance tools and weapons of war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Google was revealed in 2018 to have a contract with the US Department of Defense for a \u2018Project Maven\u2019, using AI for drone imaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly after that, Google released a statement laying out \u2018our principles\u2019, which included a pledge to not allow its AI to be used for technologies that \u201ccause or are likely to cause overall harm\u2019, weapons, surveillance, and anything that, \u2018contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pinchai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Google has announced it has made \u2018updates\u2019 in their AI Principles \u2013 now, all the previous vows not to use AI for weapons and surveillance are gone.<\/p>\n

There are now three principles listed, starting with \u2018Bold Innovation\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe develop AI that assists, empowers, and inspires people in almost every field of human endeavor; drives economic progress; and improves lives, enables scientific breakthroughs, and helps address humanity\u2019s biggest challenges,\u201d the website reads in the kind of Big Tech corporate speak we\u2019ve all come to expect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

They, at this point, promise to develop AI \u2018where the likely overall benefits substantially outweigh the foreseeable risks\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

When it comes to \u2018ethics of AI\u2019, Google defends \u2018employing rigorous design, testing, monitoring, and safeguards to mitigate unintended or harmful outcomes and avoid unfair bias\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Scraps Diversity Hiring Targets \u2014 Will Also \u2018Review\u2019 All Its DEI Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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