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Mastodon user questions tech ethics citing IBM's WWII history

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A Mastodon user expressed disbelief and frustration regarding historical lessons learned from IBM's actions during World War II, questioning the current state of technological and ethical enlightenment. The user sarcastically implies that despite past assurances from American tech companies about learning from history, similar problematic situations may be recurring. AI

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Mastodon user questions tech ethics citing IBM's WWII history

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    [Randomly running into a history trivia bit, about what # IBM did back shortly before and during the World War 2] Pfffft hold on. I *swear* that a decade or two

    [Randomly running into a history trivia bit, about what # IBM did back shortly before and during the World War 2] Pfffft hold on. I *swear* that a decade or two ago, American tech companies were all swearing up and down that that was A Grim Chapter of History, and we should all l…

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