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		mike00632 on April 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outc... Piling on against a minority of people who can't really fight back is not being "powerful." It's cowardly and weak. It's also unethical.

jmcgough on April 5, 2019 [–]

I didn't say that what they were doing was a good thing. The AI ethics council wasn't intended to do much but provide some nice PR and political connections.

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