More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scientist Timnit Gebru

Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by loopz on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:18AM (#25323990)

"Old men's club" is real and need a shakeup. However, the elite clubs hurt both genders, not just one of them. It is not balanced by an equally forceful swing the other direction, but by emphasis on mutual respect for diversity of people. Sometimes measures need to be put in place to get the ball rolling, but they should be temporary.

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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by spacekitcat on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:33AM (#25324115)

I think we agree.

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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by loopz on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:35AM (#25324128)

Yeah, but "The Middle Path" is a hard sell to the masses.

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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by spacekitcat on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:43AM (#25324194)

I think there's a weird seam of irrational rage around the mere suggestion that tech isn't some utopian meritocracy.

I find it jarring.

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Re:More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scien... by loopz on Sunday December 06, 2020 @10:51AM (#25324252)

Yep. People mistake means for the ends.

Anybody may be susceptible to such ideology and short-circuited bias. However, technical people are often so focused on their details, we are probably even more vulnerable to this than most.

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