With all eyes on OpenAI, Meta drags its Responsible AI team to the recycle bin

Meta has disbanded its Responsible AI team and moved staff into other areas of Mark Zuckerberg's empire to focus on generative AI. The Facebook and Instagram owner launched its Responsible AI (RAI) team in 2019 in hope this internal group of interdisciplinary experts could help technical teams design and build machine-learning …

[elDog]

Does make one wonder what Musk is doing with his "responsible xxx" teams

While most groups involved with anything to to with "responsibility" at the x-shitter organization have been ground into soylent meal, perhaps some still whole humanoids are still roaming the lifeless corridors. I'll guess that the trons are out searching for them for further distribution.

Still waiting for that musk-zuch no-holds-barred spitting fest.

[aerogems]

Re: Does make one wonder what Musk is doing with his "responsible xxx" teams

Wait, what!? I thought the whole thing about whatever Twitler's AI thing, was that it had only minimal guardrails.

[Pascal Monett]

Re: Does make one wonder what Musk is doing with his "responsible xxx" teams

The first thing Musk did was to fire all responsible people. Musk has no ethics, and he didn't want to be bothered by that.

As for the cage fight, Musk has already proven himself to be a pussy and apparently needs to be examined by a doctor first. I think he might have a bit of pain in his lower back. You know, where he sits on all that bullshit he generates.

[Pascal Monett]

Meta continues to be Meta

Ethics ? Yeah, we've heard about it.

Now, can we interest you in this marvellous new world where you only have to plug in your brain so we can suck it dry and sell your entire life to advertisers ?

[EricM]

Re: Meta continues to be Meta

Straight from the rulebook of arms traffickers and drug dealers: Ethics and business don't mix.

[cookieMonster]

Re: Meta continues to be Meta

Jesus, comparing Facebook to drug dealers, that’s harsh and probably a bit over the line. Drug dealers aren’t that bad.

[Steve Button]

Re: Meta continues to be Meta

"Ethics and business don't mix."

Funny, but probably the opposite of that you are saying in a lot of cases.

For instance the recent de-banking of Nigel Farage, which is arguably for ethical reasons. Certainly not for business reasons. I can't stand the guy either, but I feel like banks should take a neutral stance on things like this, and focus on banking. Likewise Meta should also take a neutral stance, and focus on.... whatever it is that they do. (entertaining people to death with endless scrolling of useless crap?)

Another example is a vicar, who complained that a building society were overdoing it a bit with all the rainbow flags, and then got his account closed. It's not as if these companies actually do anything to further the causes of equal rights, but if you criticise their rainbow washing, then you are no longer welcome as a customer.

Crazy times.

[Alistair]

Re: Meta continues to be Meta

Straight from the rulebook of arms traffickers and, drug dealers and wall street: Ethics and business don't mix

FTFY!

[Dan 55]

Deja-vu

Remember when Microsoft shut down the Trustworthy Computing group, fired a bunch of people, mixed up the remaining employees in other groups, and Windows' quality went to shit?

I expect this to be just as successful.

[Knightlie]

Responsibility or Profit.

Pick one.