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Ironically, it's just what Timnit Gebru did. "I can't prove algorithms are unethical, therefore I'll make a point that the (clean) energy used to train them co
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Ironically, it's just what Timnit Gebru did.
"I can't prove algorithms are unethical, therefore I'll make a point that the (clean) energy used to train them contributes to global warming (by assuming all the energy required came from jet fuel)". [0]
And then ethics tries to claim it's a real science!
[0] 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...
- rhizome 5y agoSince "I can't prove algorithms are unethical" implies a demand or requirement to prove a negative, I'm inclined to conclude that you're misrepresenting your source.
- dekhn 5y agoWhat is truly extraordinary about that paper is that it completely ignored the fact that ML is only a tiny contributor to overall power usage in computing, and also attempted to compare the training to intercontentintal flights, which use the same amount of fuel empty of full (and the planes do fly nearly empty). All of it makes it look like she just wanted to attack ML, rather than make a good faith argument. The other part of the paper (the danger of trusting things that stochastically parrot well enough to exit the right side of the uncanny valley) is interesting.
- visarga 5y agoI think she's all to willing to throw the baby (the transformer model) with the bath water. She doesn't care about AI advancement at all, and that makes me distrust her paper.