Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by that_guy_iain on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:04PM
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I read her email and all I could read was her privilege and her entitlement. I think she knows there is racism and sexism in play but thinks everything is about that. The feedback going to HR was probably because they didn’t feel comfortable telling her it direct for fear of reprisals from her.
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Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by throwaway2245 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:26PM
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One unusual privilege that she has is the ability to describe her experience of racism and sexism and expect to be listened to - her e-mail here speaks mostly on this point.
Her e-mail identifies that you can speak on racism and sexism as much as you want, but all of your speech will be routed to /dev/null.
Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by that_guy_iain on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:40AM
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> Her e-mail identifies that you can speak on racism and sexism as much as you want, but all of your speech will be routed to /dev/null.
I think the fact people need to go through HR to give Feedback means the speech isn't going to /dev/null. People seem to take her speech very seriously and don't want to feel her wrath.
In fact, Google even appeared to take her concerns onboard after she got a lawyer and only threatened to sue. She just seems to expect more which is the entitlement I was talking about.
Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google
by throwaway2245 on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:24PM
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(My intention above was to say that Timnit Gebru does have that privilege, and is using it to speak for other people who don't have that privilege)