Criticism of Big Tech is intensifying. At Congressional hearings last week, politicians from across the aisle gave a rough ride to executives of some of the world’s most valuable companies. Amid the hubbub, the resignation of Google’s Meredith Whittaker was less noticed, but still significant. Ms Whittaker, a Google artificial intelligence researcher, was a leader of protests inside the company last year. In an internal note to fellow employees, she warned that developers have a “short window in which to act” to stop increasingly dangerous uses of artificial intelligence.
針對大型科技公司的批評正在愈演愈烈。在最近舉行的國會聽證會上，來自美國兩黨的議員讓一些全球市值最高公司的高管如坐針氈。在一片喧囂聲中，梅雷迪斯?惠特克(Meredith Whittaker)從谷歌(Google)辭職不那么引人注目，但依然意義重大。作為谷歌公司人工智能研究員的惠特克，是該公司去年一場內部抗議活動的一名領導者。在發給其他員工的內部電郵中，她警告稱，開發人員只有一個“很短的窗口期可以采取行動”，以阻止人工智能以日益危險的方式被使用。