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AI safety researcher and former Google DeepMind research scientist.
I resigned from Google DeepMind bc it broke its founding promise by selling AI to the military without restrictions against killer robots or mass spying. For months, I worked to stop this but watched powerful ethicists and institutions choose silence. Here's what happened. 🧵
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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