07.26.20

IBM’s Watson Also Consciously Profited From Eugenics (and This Tradition Carries on in 2020)

Posted in IBM at 10:15 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Los Angeles Times 10 months ago: “My father was IBM’s first black software engineer. The racism he fought persists in the high-tech world today” (and IBM is among the leaders in that space)

My father was IBM’s first black software engineer. The racism he fought persists in the high-tech world today

Summary: IBM has not changed and instead it is trying to change the words we're permitted to use (to better control public discussions and maybe ban people)

IBM/Red Hat and morality

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