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Could I believe an older man might resent the success of two younger women, and seek to undermine their work with baseless criticism? Yes. Could I believe tha

Could I believe an older man might resent the success of two younger women, and seek to undermine their work with baseless criticism? Yes. Could I believe that two AI researchers overhype or even fabricate their results and that the company which had proudly published those results would not want to hear valid criticism of it? Also yes. I don't know which side to believe here. And, to be honest, there's not a whole lot in the Wired article to help me. But, I suppose the fact that Google is struggling to deal with such contentious personnel issues is a story in itself, albeit not a very surprising one.

erdigious 4y ago
Seems pretty clear to me, tbh: 1) Google terminated this guy "with cause" and then said so publicly. Google definitely does not do that lightly. 2) The TPU team used this method to help make TPUs. This is a flagship product, with billions of dollars on the line. There's just no way Google would sacrifice the quality of TPU to help a couple AI researchers look good. Sometimes people are just jerks. PG's essay on haters seems relevant here: http://www.paulgraham.com/fh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/fh.html