2021-02-22

Shouldn't I be concerned about this? Should I really be surprised though?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-fires-top-ethical-ai-expert-margaret-mitchell/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=21455359243242794221985792139624&mid=13276076&cid=716631113

Mitchell has been the subject of an investigation by Google and was locked out of her corporate account for roughly five weeks. Reports suggest that the scientist may have been looking for correspondence and evidence relating to Gebru's removal.

Gebru, the other lead AI researcher, left Google in December. Gebru claimed that she was fired due to her criticism of Google for "silencing marginalized voices" and her status as a co-author of a research paper urging tech giants to make sure AI language systems do not promote gender bias.

Fresh of the heels of this -> https://vultcult.blogspot.com/2020/12/well-is-both-troubling-and-not.html

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