December 7, 2020 04:27 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/7/22158501/timnit-gebru-team-google-public-statement-fired
Timnit Gebrus team at Google is going public with their side of the story
Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher. On Monday, the team published a letter on the Google Walkout Medium account firmly stating that Gebru was fired and did not resign as Google’s head of artificial intelligence, Jeff Dean, said. They also said the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.”
“Dr. Gebru’s dismissal has been framed as a resignation, but in Dr. Gebru’s own words, she did not resign,” the letter says. It notes that Gebru asked for certain conditions to be met in order for her to stay at Google, including transparency around who wanted her paper retracted. Ultimately, the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/7/22158501/timnit-gebru-team-google-public-statement-fired
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