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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’ (www.theverge.com)
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A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.

“Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”

Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full:

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[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 195 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Thank you, Lemmy. I can't find this on the technology subreddit. Reddit Is complacent.

attempted to post the link on technology subreddit. It said that it has been posted too many times. I went and sorted by new, and it's not visible.

Not too many years ago this would have been at the very top of the technology subreddit.

suspect for sure

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You say complacent, I say complicit.

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I keep this shot as a badge of honour

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What was the reason in your inbox?

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For "threatening violence" which apparently was due to a comment I made where I said I wouldn't piss on a Tesla fire if Musk's mom was inside.

[–] stormdahl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I got temp banned today because I replied to someone and said that using ivermectin would probably kill them.

I’m done, so fucking done.

[–] daddakamabb@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I am temp banned for saying I hope a covid denier gets covid multiple times and is intubated each time to experience the panic of possibly never waking up again. I incited violence. I just hope they got to experience the trauma that I've seen working at a hospital. It might be real to them then.

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Keep it up. With a can do attitude and a pocket full of dreams, you too can achieve this distinction one day 😅

[–] stormdahl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Are you planning on going back once the ban is lifted? I’m gonna try to stay away.

[–] fed0sine@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I thought I read it as complicit the first time.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You say pervasive, and I say permissive [soft-shoe dance]

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Let's call the whole thing off!

[–] ugtug@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most Reddit subs block comments or ban you outright if you mention Palestine or Israel. Reddit has taken censorship too far.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Speaking about using AI for genocide is "too political". Please keep the posts limited to Donald Trump golfing and tech leaders donating to Trump. And the US government using AI to track people (unless it is anti genocide protesters, that is political).

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Just posting on r/showerthoughts is hard enough.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1jrhu8w/microsoft_employee_disrupts_50th_anniversary_and/ Not that hard to find. Nice spiel about reddit though. Very convincing.

[–] Zeddex@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Just wait. It's only a matter of time before the post gets deleted and the account gets banned. If you think reddit isn't censoring posts you're just not paying attention.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Well, he said most...

Anyway, i was surprised to find out that the main news sub, https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/ , does not censor those things

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Glad you could find it.