Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it sends demands to CEO

Re:Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it send... by room500 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:14AM (#25456909)

I disagree. There were several incidents where she appears toxic (and we only know about the ones made public).

1. Absolutely refusing to update her paper with feedback from a colleague - the whole purpose of the internal review

2. Demanding that Google reveal who gave her critical feedback - presumably to attack them in some way

3. Sending an e-mail to her superiors/colleagues, making ultimatums and threatening to leave if her demands were not met

4. Sending a message to a group at Google, telling them to abandon any attempts to help Google with diversity initiatives and instead start attacking their co-workers

5. Publicly blaming Google and saying that she was "fired" for an e-mail. She was relying on information assymetry, knowing that Google would be hesitant to respond fully to all allegations

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Re:Tensions in Google's ethical AI group increase as it send... by thu2111 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:39AM (#25457177)

You forgot publicly calling both of the best known researchers in the AI revolution racist: Yann LeCunn and Jeff Dean (her manager's manager). And suing her own employer for not being feminist enough, or something.

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