• XLE@piefed.social
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      22 days ago

      Like I said, the unionization in this instance is mostly good. There’s plenty of examples in the article that I left out because they’re unobjectionable. It’s just unfortunate seeing the union repeat talking points manufactured by their employer.

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        22 days ago

        If you speak a language workers don’t understand, you increase the cognitive load and lower interest and participation. It’s a trade-off and it’s an ineliminabile part of the game. Being correct and being useful are two different things

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          22 days ago

          I find it a bit offensive that you assume Google employees can only comprehend the simplest language, and it’s coincidentally the language handed to them from on high by Google themselves. (Ah. Dot ML.)

          But let’s assume you’re correct, and engage in a little creativity to simplify employee complaints in order to make it have fewer loopholes.

          Employees pushing back on the deal are concerned that it could open the door for Google’s technology [could] be used for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens.

          12 fewer words, 4 fewer loopholes (preexisting surveillance, semi autonomous weapons, selective surveillance, foreign mass surveillance).

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            22 days ago

            Google tech can be used for weapons and surveillance (and are) right now and without AI. If the union wanted that to be their line in the sand then their jobs would cease to exist

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              22 days ago

              Do you just propose the union just adopt Google’s exact stance on this? Are you willing to accept a weaker one? A much weaker one, perhaps? Where do you draw your lines?