Re:Google employees say AI researcher did not resign, despit...
by dragonwriter on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:46PM
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> This whole question of resigned or fired seems like such a weird one
It's mostly the side that supports Google management that is focussed on it as the primary issue; the side backing Gebru is more focussed on the triggering event itself, the unusual (for Google AI, and apparently for the field in general, as far as internal reviews go) review process applied to the paper on which Gebru was lead author and which she was told to retract, with the resigned/fired issue as an additional indicator of Google management being deceitful, but not the primary issue.
It's mostly the side that supports Google management that is focussed on it as the primary issue; the side backing Gebru is more focussed on the triggering event itself, the unusual (for Google AI, and apparently for the field in general, as far as internal reviews go) review process applied to the paper on which Gebru was lead author and which she was told to retract, with the resigned/fired issue as an additional indicator of Google management being deceitful, but not the primary issue.