Re: TechBros and ethics

On Fri, 12 Jul 2024, Retrograde wrote:

From the «should be fine i'm sure» department:
Title: Today’s ethical dilemmas are being decided by tech bros. How can they keep their compass straight?
Author: Semyon Dukach
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:30:29 +0000
Link: https://thenextweb.com/news/ethical-dilemmas-tech-founders-compass-straight
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Tech bros are for the first time poised to become pivotal players in highly
sensitive sectors: national security, space exploration, and more. Most
recently, NATO’s €1B Innovation Fund announced investments in eight startups
and VC firms with a focus on emerging military and defense technologies.  As
the startup ecosystem has become more sophisticated, it is now starting to
disrupt these tightly controlled sectors, which were until recently the domain
of governments and legacy institutions. Take these examples: Space is quickly
becoming the next battleground for geopolitics — and private companies are now
dominating cosmic exploration. Military conflicts are being defined…
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This story continues[2] at The Next Web
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[2]: https://thenextweb.com/news/ethical-dilemmas-tech-founders-compass-straight?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed (link)
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If you work for Nato or the Government, the ethical compass is already broken, which means that the "tech bros" will develop what they are told to develop, with or without AI, as long as money keeps rolling in.