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> It's refreshing to see that tech is now heading in a more socially responsible direction what are examples of tech heading in a more socially responsible dir

• mrintellectual 5y ago
  Datacenter carbon neutrality and de-biasing ML models are two that I can recall off the top of my head. These are, of course, unrelated to account deletion, but it shows that big tech is at the very minimum aware that social responsibility is becoming a more important part of business.
  • Ansil849 5y ago
    > de-biasing ML models As exemplified by, for example, Google firing the two heads of their Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team...who had been researching bias? [1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/13/22370158/google-ai-ethics-timnit-gebru-margaret-mitchell-firing-reputation https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/13/22370158/google-ai-ethics...
    • emteycz 5y ago
      Are these two the only people who study bias in the world?
      • Ansil849 5y ago
        Yes.
        • emteycz 5y ago
          You must be mistaken. There is an entire department focused just on that at my local university, at least over 100 people. Plenty of candidates to replace those 2.