Are AI Professionals Actually Unwilling to Work for the Pentagon?
30.12.2020 Filed in: DOD
A CSET survey finds a more nuanced situation than public perception might indicate. When Google employees protested their company’s work on Project Maven in 2018, their public letter against the company’s involvement in “the business of war” drew attention to the idea of a "culture clash" between the tech sector and the U.S. Department of Defense. A tense, adversarial relationship makes headlines — but how many AI professionals are actually unwilling to work with the U.S. military?