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> Last December, Dr. Timnit Gebru, a world-renowned AI ethicist and one of the highest profile and highest ranking Black women at Google, announced the company

by thefz 6y ago

> Last December, Dr. Timnit Gebru, a world-renowned AI ethicist and one of the highest profile and highest ranking Black women at Google, announced the company had fired her for speaking out about racism and censorship of anti-racist research No, she menaced to resign and they accepted, she was not fired for speaking out about racism, which coincidentally was her primary role at the organization. There's a vast difference.

woof 6y ago
She was fired for this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-a...
- valuearb 6y ago
  Wasn’t fired. Wasn’t even forced out. Says she’d quit as a threat, and they accepted.
  - woof 6y ago
    She wasn't "forced out"?
    - valuearb 6y ago
      I’m leaving you if you don’t put a ring on my finger. Ok, bye then.
bmcn2020 6y ago
She was "resignated" In normal situations, they would've discussed her conditions with her, and told her that they couldn't accommodate it. When people resign, they normally give two weeks+ notice. She was on vacation, and wasn't even aware that they'd "accepted" her resignation, effective immediately. A rose by any other name...