Comment Comment by hemogloben As I understand it, Timnit Gebru was fired for suggesting that the power usage of training ML/AI was significant.Her other 'woke' views didn't contribute as much to her firing. (Though her firing did set off a firestorm about those issues)I think from your tone, I disagree with you about her other views.But it seems her firing was more about making Google look anti-environmental than anti-woke.MITs summary of the paper: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-a...Only one section deals with already well known problem of bias. parent hemogloben 2 years ago
Her other 'woke' views didn't contribute as much to her firing. (Though her firing did set off a firestorm about those issues)
I think from your tone, I disagree with you about her other views.
But it seems her firing was more about making Google look anti-environmental than anti-woke.
MITs summary of the paper: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-a...
Only one section deals with already well known problem of bias.