> If we wanted to ignore research, why would we create an industry-leading research program to understand these important issues in the first place?
I mean...precisely to be able to control that research. Exactly like companies in other sectors (tobacco|oil|pharma|AI). It's asinine that this is presented as a rhetorical question [1].
For those (myself, as well) comparing portions of this response to tobacco, oil, and pharma companies controlling (and manipulating/suppressing) research, an example to keep in mind that's much closer to home would be Google censuring negative AI research [2].
[1] See for example, The Influence of Industry Sponsorship on the Research Agenda: A Scoping Review
I mean...precisely to be able to control that research. Exactly like companies in other sectors (tobacco|oil|pharma|AI). It's asinine that this is presented as a rhetorical question [1].
For those (myself, as well) comparing portions of this response to tobacco, oil, and pharma companies controlling (and manipulating/suppressing) research, an example to keep in mind that's much closer to home would be Google censuring negative AI research [2].
[1] See for example, The Influence of Industry Sponsorship on the Research Agenda: A Scoping Review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187765/.
[2] 'Google told its scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research - documents'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-research-...