bluememonAug 15, 2024
stochastic
Every time I think that the sociopathy of Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt cannot be more explicit, they prove me wrong. In a single speech he made blatant statements like "employees should work like dogs and live in fear" and "our startups can and should rob everyone else blind". (But presumably heaven help you if you infringe on the IP of his companies; the theft only can flow in one direction.)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220658/google-eric-schmidt-stanford-talk-ai-startups-openai
Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’

“But if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter that you stole all the content,” former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during a talk at Stanford that has been pulled offline.

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Aug 15, 2024 at 5:06pmWeb
Show threadFreediverXAug 15, 2024
@stochastic
Show threadThe DoctorAug 15, 2024
@stochastic The gloves are off. It's no longer coffee maker talk.
Show threadFlowermobAug 15, 2024
@stochastic #ITSociopaths
Show threadJoe ❌👑Aug 15, 2024

@stochastic He said a lot of vile things in that speech, but he did not say the words you put in quotes here. He did justify stealing of IP and say that employees should be made to work hard, but he didn't say anything like "live in fear". Please don't use quotes unless the person said exactly what you put in the quotes, otherwise you're misinforming people. Here's a link to the transcript:

https://github.com/ociubotaru/transcripts/blob/main/Stanford_ECON295%E2%A7%B8CS323_I_2024_I_The_Age_of_AI%2C_Eric_Schmidt.txt

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Show threadKagan MacTane (he/him)Aug 15, 2024
@stochastic Where's the bit about employees should "work like dogs and live in fear"? The most I'm seeing is that he says that the reason startups work is "because people work like hell", which... hell, he's not wrong, there. He says it approvingly, while I'd say it disapprovingly, but it's a far cry from that "live in fear" part. Can you point me to that?
Show threadFreediverXAug 15, 2024
@stochastic
Where are those quotes from? They're not in the article.
Show threadShadow HeartAug 15, 2024

@stochastic it goes to a basic view of what's good business practice is often the shittiest thing socially.

And it's those behaviors we have to call out. Maybe next time, some executive bastard does a mass layoff. We organize those laid-off employees into their own company in direct competition to their old ones.

Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀Aug 15, 2024
@stochastic he will be one of the first up against the wall when the Revolution comes.
Elon and Donald are in lines positions 1 and 2
Show threadSomeGadgetGuyAug 15, 2024
@stochastic
Someone's feeling a LITTLE TOO safe for how isolated they've been from their own employees...
Show threadTaya NielsenAug 15, 2024
@stochastic Getting rid of that creature might just be the sanest, most decent thing Google has ever done!
Show threadLyricismistAug 16, 2024
@stochastic Organize!
Show threadBrian Gerfort🇺🇦Aug 16, 2024
@stochastic The transcript contains none of those “quotes“. https://github.com/ociubotaru/transcripts/blob/main/Stanford_ECON295%E2%A7%B8CS323_I_2024_I_The_Age_of_AI%2C_Eric_Schmidt.txt
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Show threadGoing T. MaineAug 16, 2024
@stochastic yeah sir, that non-existent “work like dogs and live in fear” quote is really making this toot do unjustified numbers.
Show threadsudonymouseAug 17, 2024
@stochastic The audio is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQPHqcRwChpTHYEUQlhUDnBNnCSCTXtp/view
Stanford_ECON295⧸CS323_I_2024_I_The_Age_of_AI,_Eric_Schmidt.m4a

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