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As noted in her pinned tweet (https://twitter.com/mmitchell_ai/status/1357819673455202304 https://twitter.com/mmitchell_ai/status/1357819673455202304), she was
by minimaxir 6y ago
As noted in her pinned tweet (https://twitter.com/mmitchell_ai/status/1357819673455202304 https://twitter.com/mmitchell_ai/status/1357819673455202304), she was locked out of Google's system after sending an email supporting Timnit Gebru. (EDIT: and allegations of systems abuse; see child comment)
This new tweet makes the firing official.
- reaLg_move_in_3 6y agoIIRC she was leaking internal information to the outside press, it was not based on her position of supporting Timnit.
- gwern 6y agoNo. Her tweet does not say that sending the email got her fired, even if it's written to give you that impression.
- andyxor 6y agono, she was locked out after extracting thousands of files illegally, see Google response from January: https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/20/google-targets-ai-ethics-lead-margaret-mitchell-after-firing-timnit-gebru/ https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/20/google-targets-ai-ethics-...
- rirarobo 6y agoThat's only if you take Google's PR at face value. Also, no where in the article nor in Google's statement do they claim that Meg Mitchell did anything "illegal". I haven't seen any details about the allegedly extracted files, so I think there's more to the story.
- hobom 6y agoThere have been countless Googlers who came out to support Gebru. Did Google fire all of them? Or maybe Margaret's support was particularly outspoken, but I doubt it.
- katbyte 6y agoIts google says vs she says - honestly i take neither at face value, but i'd expect repercussions if i started download/sharing internal files en masse.