Droning On And On: Google, Project Maven, and war profiteering

Public Space Travel

Public Space Travel Podcast

Episode 02 - Droning On And On: Google, Project Maven, and war profiteering

In this episode of PST, we discuss Google’s development of artificial intelligence for the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s Project Maven; the (limited) effectiveness of pushback by the Google employees who were creating the AI; Google’s ‘core principles’ in relation to the drone project; and end up going down the rabbit hole of technology and its use to facilitate oppression.

Public Space Travel is a podcast dedicated to social/political critique, comedy, and education. Coming from an anti-hierarchy/oppression perspective, we aim for progressive/radical left solidarity with brothers/sisters/trans and non-binary folk of all stripes.

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Lazarus - @PSTLazarus

Luci - @PSTLuci

Mar(x) - @PSTInTheShadows

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Public Space Travel Intro Theme by Lazarus (Remix of "Dial My Number" by Benedek off of “Bonus Beat Blast 2011” licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 License, found on freemusicarchive.org)

Public Space Travel Outro Theme by Lazarus (Remix of "RSPN" by Blank and Kytt off of “Heavy, Crazy, Serious” (Tough Love Records, 2010). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License on freemusicarchive.org)

Episode art edited by Lazarus (Original photo “NO DRONES” by Martin Sanchez found on unsplash.com)

Article Links:

Google Hedges On Promise To End Controversial Involvement In Military Drone Contract

By Lee Fang at The Intercept

Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones

By Kate Conger and Dell Cameron at Gizmodo