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Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google by inglor_cz on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:14PM (#25295058)
From behind the former Iron Curtain, I can smell the "we need to pay lip service to a powerful dogma, but we think implementing it would be a disaster" approach. This was a normal state of things in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

If Timnit Gebru were a cynical opportunist, she would just hop on the bandwagon, pretend to care and collect her paycheck. But she seems to be a true believer, and true believers won't accept ineffectual groveling. They want to see the real thing. Ergo, collision.

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Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google by voisin on Thursday December 03, 2020 @04:36PM (#25295441)
But why do they think implementing this would be a disaster? Seems you are saying the fundamental issue is a lack of buy-in, and I am unclear what this stems from. The research shows diversity adds value to companies. Fewer blind spots, better long term performance.
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