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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by jeffbee on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:11PM (#25307124)
Not sure why you are being downvoted. I see how reasoned your response is to what I said. It is a clear contrast to how the AI ethics researcher engaged in the Twitter thread. Two totally different hypothetical conversations:

  A: Training data is a cause of this bias
  B: But not the only cause
  A: True
vs.

  A: Training data is a cause of this bias
  B: I am so sick of this. You are not permitted to speak.
  A: I am deleting my Twitter account.
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Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher by joshuamorton on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:18PM (#25307232)
Any support for Dr. Gebru seems to be against the HN ethos at the moment, I have some theories as to why ;)

> You are not permitted to speak.

I really don't think this is a fair reading of her tweet. I don't see any way to read her actual tweet claiming Yann can't speak at all on the subject. I do see a plea to engage more with domain experts (which to reiterate: my understanding is that Yann has a history of ignoring on the subject)

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