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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by paganel on Saturday December 05, 2020 @10:01AM (#25315006)
> Why is this?

Because there are lots of FAANG engineers in here (i.e. working at Google, or with friends working at Google, or working at companies who do the same nasty AI stuff as Google) so them unconditionally supporting Gebru on this would be against their direct financial interests. It's as simple as that.

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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by christophilus on Saturday December 05, 2020 @10:11AM (#25315080)
HN strikes me as being pretty consistently anti-Google almost every time Google comes up, so I don’t think this is the reason.
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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by blub on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:15PM (#25317887)
It's split quite evenly in pro and against camps, at least on privacy.
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Re:We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google by ioctrl on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:13PM (#25317869)
FAANG employees tend to consistently be among the most vocal and outspoken critics of FAANG. Also see the 1,200+ employees who signed a petition unconditionally supporting Gebru while turning a blind eye to her problematic behavior.

There's significant overlap between FAANG employees (and SV tech employees in general) and Woke Twitter.

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