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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

www.theverge.com

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Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

www.theverge.com

Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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The former employee disrupted Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary event.
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    If you are in tech getting hired by microsoft you should have options

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      Ethical options?

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        You should be able to get hired by someone without defense contracts if that is what bothers you

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      …maybe.

      Or, hear me out, the dude specifically applied for Microsoft with the intention of changing shit.

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        Do you think a non-executive hire has that ability? That’s a stretch IMO

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          Uh, yes? It’s not about sending a message inside MS only. It was about sending it out there. See how we’re discussing the story? Are we MS employees? Where’s my 401K?

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