Ex-DeepMind Staffer Quits Over Military AI
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-07-16
This quote post shares a resignation statement from a former DeepMind employee who left because the company departed from its "founding promises." The core reason is DeepMind selling AI to the military without restrictions on "killer robots" or mass surveillance.
He adds that he spent months trying to stop this internally, but ultimately saw influential ethics figures and institutions choose silence. A follow-up thread will detail his account of the events.
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