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Google's Pichai says the company will investigate its handling of @timnitGebru's dismissal, one day after a heated meeting with Black Googlers had some questioning their trust of Google and others saying the meeting seemed like "gas lighting." https://t.co/BSfs6jjgnE
— Dina Bass (@dinabass) December 9, 2020
Google CEO writes letter re @timnitGebru
— Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) December 9, 2020
Sundar: "learning from our experiences like the departure of Dr. Timnit Gebru"
Translated Sundar: "analyzing why I let us fire Timnit Gebru and am now desperately trying to position myself as a bystander"https://t.co/un2CwcAmUc
Don't paint me as an "angry Black woman" for whom you need "de-escalation strategies" for. This thread is just the beginning of the toxicity I dealt with since before I even joined Google and I haven't said anything specific yet. 1\ https://t.co/98WNgnxH6P
— Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) December 9, 2020
Good. Hopefully action follows. https://t.co/qf8POe9Rw7
— drew olanoff (@yoda) December 9, 2020
https://t.co/RmdjQwXfWX
— Ali Alkhatib (@_alialkhatib) December 9, 2020
> We will begin a review of what happened to identify all the points where we can learn -- considering everything from de-escalation strategies to new processes we can put in place
de-escalation? what the fuck?
I know we want something to come of this, but this is not going to make anything happen. Because it would have happened already, years ago, during the initial walkout. https://t.co/QY1X3EDoXt
— Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) December 9, 2020
Spot The Pattern
— Kim Crayton [She/Her] ? ??#causeascene (@KimCrayton1) December 9, 2020
Always the hero/victim, never the villain
How unfortunate that org leaders can NEVER seem to figure out the shit that folx keep screaming about UNTIL those issues cause them a crisis management issue
Her work IS THE CONVERSATION & y’all CHOOSE not to have it https://t.co/C0tQtdLRd3 pic.twitter.com/dE5gAm8pbg
Personally I'm not too optimistic about this. It's just a PR stunt and nothing meaningful will come of it. https://t.co/KUUK9feRMf
— Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok) December 9, 2020
.@tsimonite saw the paper that Google fired AI researcher Timnit Gebru over. The most remarkable thing about it? How uncontroversial it is https://t.co/bwzAmr73JN
— WIRED (@WIRED) December 8, 2020
Hey, Google: How to you spell "corporate doublespeak"? https://t.co/qlHrFWYiE5
— Azeem Azhar (@azeem) December 9, 2020
Pichai sounds a contrite note, acknowledging broken trust and pledging to do better, but the upset runs deep within Google's ranks, especially those concerned with diversity and academic freedom. More here: https://t.co/yWf70xaeAC tip @Techmeme
— Ina Fried (@inafried) December 9, 2020
To me this says a) Google seems to have handled this whole situation very badly, and b) the solidarity of tech employees, especially those with track records in AI and other hyper-competitive subfields, is an enormously powerful and underrated force. https://t.co/iJXwGVPa9P
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 9, 2020
Scoop: Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the company's handling of the departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru and said he'd investigate the events and work to restore trust, per an internal memo sent companywide and obtained by Axios.https://t.co/RIbFjc37et
— Axios (@axios) December 9, 2020
Pichai acknowledged the depth of the damage done by the company's actions and said the company would look at all aspects of the situation, but stopped short of saying the company made a mistake in removing Gebru.https://t.co/URzuvmzJkX
— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) December 9, 2020
Google responded faster and more apologetically to employee outrage over @timnitGebru's firing than it has to....hundreds?....of regulatory inquiries and media scandals. Not being able to recruit is an existential risk.
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 9, 2020
Women in science, Big Tech says.
— raf (@rafaelshimunov) December 9, 2020
Black lives matter, Big Tech says.
Silence and fire your co-lead AI ethicist Black woman, Big Tech does. https://t.co/FZrXfFssfd
"I’ve heard the reaction to Dr. Gebru’s departure loud and clear: it seeded doubts and led some in our community to question their place at Google. I want to say how sorry I am for that, and I accept the responsibility of working to restore your trust." https://t.co/a6iCUUGwT6
— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) December 9, 2020
Remembering when @sundarpichai publicly supported the walkout (last min effort at cooptation). This was a couple days before Google filed a motion at the national labor relations board trying to limit workers' ability to organize. https://t.co/MZyP6vaX2k
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) December 9, 2020
A top scholar of AI ethics and one of the most prominent Black scientists in her field co-authored a paper which examined the societal dangers of an AI technology used by Google.@Google then fired her, sparking a firestorm of controversy at the company.https://t.co/AkRj1VaD8j
— Dimitri Lascaris (@dimitrilascaris) December 10, 2020
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai apologizes for the departure of @timnitGebru but doesn't say what, if anything, Google did wrong. https://t.co/X9l2XBH3u4
— Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) December 9, 2020
Reading the @nytimes story about @timnitGebru by @daiwaka https://t.co/cKtpEv8dhy
— Thomas G. Dietterich (@tdietterich) December 10, 2020
The Far-Reaching Impact of Dr. Timnit Gebru https://t.co/hBNsLtSrjf
— Sergio (@?)?#BlackLivesMatter (@sguada) December 10, 2020
Google CEO writes letter re @timnitGebru
— Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) December 9, 2020
Sundar: "learning from our experiences like the departure of Dr. Timnit Gebru"
Translated Sundar: "analyzing why I let us fire Timnit Gebru and am now desperately trying to position myself as a bystander"https://t.co/un2CwcAmUc
Google CEO pledges to investigate exit of top AI ethicist https://t.co/uTvbo3d6iy AIモラル、AIセキュリティの時代がいよいよ本格的に始動するのかな。ルネサンス終わった後のサイエンスのように。
— めぐもり | Fact Driven Designer | キレイなデータであふれた社会に (@megu3mori8) December 10, 2020
Looks like Google is taking a page from police departments. https://t.co/f1ndv3hvxo
— Paul Richardson (Schaufelschlagengesicht) (@havochaos) December 10, 2020
If you read this letter, it says “@timnitGebru’s departure” twice as if to reinforce it was a resignation. Google can do better than this. https://t.co/S2h8puAk1a
— Delip Rao (@deliprao) December 10, 2020
This is not a bad memo on its face, but it is a complete miss, because it doesn't at all address the need to hold people accountable for this massive failurehttps://t.co/YOA0IbddYa
— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) December 9, 2020
Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized in an internal email over the fallout of Timnit Gebru's dismissal. Thousands of employees publicly criticized the top Black scientist's ouster as "research censorship."https://t.co/MS64PuaNKb
— NPR (@NPR) December 10, 2020
Google employee: Pichai's letter will do little to address the simmering strife among Googlers since @timnitGebru's firing. The employee described Pichai's letter as "meaningless PR."https://t.co/UxbLNbaukr
— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) December 9, 2020
Not good enough @sundarpichai. You have a fight on your hands.
— Henok ???? (@PreciseConsult) December 10, 2020
"Don't paint me as an 'angry Black woman' for whom you need 'de-escalation strategies' for," @timnitGebru said.
Google CEO Apologizes, Vows To Restore Trust After Black Scientist's Ouster https://t.co/E5nLvkKWqE
Over a week after resignating my co-lead @timnitGebru , and I haven't heard a peep from anyone about "a review" of what happened. https://t.co/ZOFnY3HSOt
— MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) December 10, 2020
"We need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily" << what a weird way to say "fired" https://t.co/30pKwvlIes
— Mark O. Riedl (@mark_riedl) December 9, 2020
"We need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily"
— MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) December 10, 2020
-- Might this mean responding to my email from days ago inquiring the firing of my co-lead @timnitGebru ?https://t.co/ZOFnY3Zud3
No matter how you look at it, the Timnit Grebru controversy makes Google look bad. https://t.co/h8BDVuvIJX
— Daniel Lemire (@lemire) December 10, 2020
He promises to consider de-escalation strategies in the future. By any chance, would that involve firing all the people engaged in race, gender, or disability based harassment? #ISupportTimnit https://t.co/V2PVH1iOCH
— Haben Girma (@HabenGirma) December 9, 2020
Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologizes for Timnit Gebru controversy but not her firing https://t.co/9875QjWzSM pic.twitter.com/rBBBMz9O2D
— The Verge (@verge) December 9, 2020
Week Number Two, and this company just keeps Failing: Less than 2 percent of Google / Alphabet’s total FT workforce is Black. And clearly no one in Exec/StratComm has a clue about how to deal w this complex PR crisis. ??♀️ https://t.co/AU4YIpxm4h
— Amy Alexander (@AmyAlex63) December 10, 2020
"The departure of a well known AI researcher has... raised questions about its stated commitment to diversity..."
— j. austin yoshino (@AustinYoshino) December 10, 2020
Less than one percent of Google's workforce is Black or Latino. That includes administrative roles. I think the question has been answered.
https://t.co/6nsi206OH9
The #DarkSide
— Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris) December 11, 2020
of #BigTech’s Funding for #AI #Researchhttps://t.co/O49x7rQRZZ #fintech #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #BigData @tsimonite @WIRED @psb_dc @sallyeaves @YuHelenYu @dinisguarda @jblefevre60 @pierrepinna @andi_staub @SabineVdL @leimer @ahier @HaroldSinnott pic.twitter.com/gIbF7OlIGi
"[Zoom] Corporate Conferences Still Suck" https://t.co/1Zhh5Gl7BE
— Eric Jonas (@stochastician) December 11, 2020
Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal #Innovation https://t.co/zbwReAYTWU
— Bob Carver ✭ (@cybersecboardrm) December 10, 2020
The framing in the headline is a tell as well. Timnit was a Black Woman Scientist. This is a form of erasure. One of the few in the field. This is not a general conversation.>> Google CEO Apologizes, Vows To Restore Trust After Black Scientist's Ouster https://t.co/5a74WN3ol4
— Shireen, Harlem's Shuri, In Political Mecca! (@digitalsista) December 10, 2020
Google CEO Apologizes, Vows To Restore Trust After Black Scientist's Ouster https://t.co/hsX85uIcjG
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) December 9, 2020