Rubber stamp for hire?

I'd think an ethicist at Meta/OpenAI involves extremely challenging mental gymnastics

It's silicon valley, literally everything is for pay or be homeless

Any ethicist for a corporation is clearly a PR move, right?

Like, a pure researcher for a corporation might have some genuine overlap and shared interests where breakthroughs in the research benefit both parties, but an ethicist?? For a legal construct that's defined by and bound to sociopathically pursue profit? Come on now.

Just because the ethicist says something is a bad idea, doesn't mean anyone else is obligated to make a change.

ie: blaming her for anything instead of the decision makers is... really weird?