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The Alphabet company terminated Meg Mitchell who co-headed the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, following the dismissal of her former colleague Timnit Gebru
Google fires researcher Meg Mitchell, escalating AI saga Google is trying to move past the disarray in its AI division, but on Friday the upheaval showed no sign of letting up. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) Bloomberg Print Google fired the lead of its Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, Meg Mitchell, escalating the turmoil surrounding its AI division after the acrimonious exit of Mitchell’s former colleague Timnit Gebru. “I’m fired,” Mitchell tweeted Friday, a minute after saying she was “in too much pain to articulate much of anything useful. Firing @timnitGebru created ...
You’re certainly right about the spending drop in the bucket. But overall I still think it’s probably a waste. If the objective is some kind of human landing or achieving a base on Mars, isn’t this pointless? NASA has concluded that Mars can’t be terraformed. And why send a few human beings to a desolate rock? That said, I deeply believe in space exploration. In fact, I’d pour a lot more money into it. But rockets aren’t the answer. They can’t take us to anyplace worth going to. We ought to begin working on the science and technology that might do that, taking us to other star s...
Google has evidently fired the founder and co-lead of its Ethical AI team, Margaret Mitchell. This comes after weeks of being locked out of her work accounts over an investigation related to Mitchell’s objections concerning the controversial firing of her fellow co-lead Timnit Gebru. I’m fired. — MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) February 19, 2021 According to a […]
This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Employees in Google's AI research division have delivered a set of demands to management after the recent ousting of AI ethicist Timnit Gebru from the company. Employees ask that Google offers Gebru her position back at a higher level, while demanding that a manager is removed from the reporting chain. They also ask for Google to publicly commit to academic integrity, and strengthen the company's Ethical AI team. The letter, which was sent to leaders includi...