Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by sidibe on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:33PM
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I don't think more demands can make a set of demands less unreasonable unless it's an either-or type list of demands.
Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by Andraia on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:29PM
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> We don't know the full list of demands
Timnit is far from silent. She could share them if she wanted to. She appears to think that that would hurt rather than help her.
Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by rbanffy on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:30PM
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Considering she says she made a list of issues she'd like fixed and that she'd discuss it when she came back from PTO without ever mentioning resignation and that was answered with a "we accept your resignation" passed on to her reports, I believe she has legal representation.
The financial implications of her resigning vs her being fired are probably significant.
In Google's place I'd probably negotiate an agreement with a non-disparagement clause. She'd be compensated and everyone would save face.
And we'd never be discussing this. She could take other research roles and advance the state of AI in peace.
We don't know the full list of demands, but Jeff Dean shared one demand that people may find unreasonable. Other demands may have been much more reasonable, but those weren't shared.