> “While we regret that Google did not want to continue a long and fruitful tradition of collaboration between the military and technology companies, we are even more disappointed that Google apparently is more willing to support the Chinese Communist Party than the U.S. military,” they wrote.
The amount of cognitive dissonance in this quote is ridiculous. When I originally read this qoute, I was expecting to find further down that Google is doing defense research with China.
But nope. Google is contracting with a Chinese manufacturer to build cell phones, not performing weaponized AI research with the People's Liberation Army.
Apparently, it's unpatriotic and borderline traitorous to say "you know what? I'd rather focus on building some decent cellphones instead of finding new ways to kill people from afar."