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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by mindrunner on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:51AM (#25313867)
Reading Jeff's email plus her comments on twitter doesn't give the full story.

It seems like

1. She did not give them the time required to vet through the paper or followed the processes, plus her email to everyone to stop work on other projects. 2. Google fired her immediately, which might have been different if she wasn't a POC.

This

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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by viktorcode on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:54AM (#25313883)
If you read the linked material, an ex-Googler calls that a lie based on his experience working as a reviewer of scientific papers there.
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