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There is bias in everything -- that is why you need ethics. You need to determine which biases are problematic and which aren't. If Google search favored Chin

There is bias in everything -- that is why you need ethics. You need to determine which biases are problematic and which aren't. If Google search favored Chinese government results in the US you'd probably say, "that seems biased in a bad way". Your disagreement seems less to do with that and more to do that you disagree with where her ethics rest. I think the reason why she pushes for marginalized groups is that those are the groups that are less likely to be able to stand for themselves and thus become the victims of the bias. A bias against corporate or powerful interests will likely be rectified relatively quickly.

jariel 6y ago
Yes - the bias can be worse for marginalized groups and that's a legit issue for sure. But hiring activists, and particularly those with a focus on a very specific technology ... I think is a double-wrong. 'Ethics' is all encompassing, every company has to deal with it ... it needs probably specialization and some cold calculating. If there were some gigantic loophole whereupon marginalized people were truly thrown under the bus here, then maybe there's a case, but I seriously doubt that.