The Chairman of Google takes no Accountability
Former Chairman Eric Schmidt uses passive voice in Graduation Speech, saying "No one set out to do this, but it happened."
Former Google Chairman Eric Schmidt gave a commencement speech about AI and got boo’ed.
In the first half of the speech, he said some things which are troubling.
We thought that connecting everyone would be an unambiguous good, but the platforms ended up being isolating, degrading, coarsening, and polarizing.
No one set out to do this, “but it happened.”
The tone is active at first — we built this .. and then shifts to “passive” — “it happened”.
Schmidt was only responsible for Google the tool, not the Advertising Tool with A-B Testing
Google’s Moto used to be “Don’t be evil”
New Google Parent Company Drops ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto
“Employees of Alphabet and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates should do the right thing—follow the law, act honorably, and treat each other with respect,” the new code reads, noticeably dropping the famous motto.
-Time Magazine Oct 4, 2015
QUESTIONS:
Do Tech executives like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt belong to an elite club that participates in actions for which they enjoy impunity?
How much does owning a fortune of ~$58 billion contribute to executive impunity?
What prompted them to drop their motto: “Don’t be evil”?
If you were a young graduate, how would you feel about our country’s “leadership” class?
On a scale from 1 to 10, how accountable are leaders to society?