> having an always on, immediate access massive NLP DNN system translating every piece of text from any language on the worlds largest platform is a staggering feat.
Too bad that they also have an always on system that's tracking my doings and whereabouts. Seriously, we need to stop applauding these companies. Sad to see that LeCun and colleagues don't care to find an employer with more noble goals.
I avoid FB as a social network, but I love their open source projects such as those in ML (PyTorch) and web design (React). Weirdly, I feel better working with FB products than the equivalent from Google (Angular and TensorFlow).
It seems that approval for the behavior of a company and it's open tech stack don't need to be correlated.
Gapminder, amnesty, msf, save the children... wait did you ask for ad companies like fb and google that sell clicks but had a noble agenda? I think the mercenary nature of ads precludes most moral stances in deference to the client.
Too bad that they also have an always on system that's tracking my doings and whereabouts. Seriously, we need to stop applauding these companies. Sad to see that LeCun and colleagues don't care to find an employer with more noble goals.