Why I Left Google DeepMind
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I fought against Google’s Pentagon AI deal from the inside. Powerful people and institutions failed to keep their AI ethics promises under pressure.
Table of Contents Google supports the immigration enforcement supply chain But how could I do anything about it? Talking to Jeff Dean The Pentagon tries to intimidate Anthropic I wanted to mobilize the AI luminaries at the conference Talking to Bengio and Stuart Stuart closes out iaseai International Association of Silence on the Ethics of AI Trying to stop Google from signing Building internal cost for Google Jeff Dean, you’re our only hope Jeff signs an amicus brief supporting Anthropic Senior management insisted Google wouldn’t cave Preparing for lunch with Jeff Dean I arranged social suppo
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