Google CEO apologizes for firing Timnit Gebru πŸ™„πŸ™„

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Dec 9, 2020 73 Comments

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22165983/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-apology-timnit-gebru-exit

Looks like this whole charade is not over. A cursory look at her Twitter feed shows how much of a toxic person she is. And yet people are bending over backwards 😞

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  • He shouldn’t have done that. He could have just said it’s an unfortunate situation or something, but not apologize
    Dec 9, 2020 8
    • Oracle / Eng
      trollsky

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      Pichai is ballless. He doesn't care about what is right or wrong but only pr. So sad googlers need to tolerate unfairness.
      Dec 10, 2020
    • Everything about Pichai is great, except he doesn't seem to have the boldness expected from google ceo. Even during congressional hearing, he seemed very defensive when there was nothing to be defensive about. And here again he is apologizing for no reason.
      Dec 11, 2020
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    β€œFinally it does not say "I'm sorry for what we did to her and it was wrong." What it DOES say is "it seeded doubts and led some in our community to question their place at Google." So I see this as "I'm sorry for how it played out but I'm not sorry for what we did to her yet.”

    She is so nitpicky. I don’t see how any company is going to touch her after this with a 10 foot pole. Seems difficult to work with.
    Dec 9, 2020 5
  • Regardless of how "toxic" you feel she is, Timnit was fired for unfair reasons which could happen to any researcher. Google's reason for firing was not that she was "toxic".
    Dec 9, 2020 14
    • No, clearly you didn't read Google's response. Google used the email to the Brain women and allies mailing list to fire her immediately, read it again. Keep showing your ignorance πŸ˜‚
      Dec 10, 2020
    • Also @google: the pubapprove process is never blind, you're at Google and should know this. The fact that there were blind reviewers at all is highly suspicious. The email was not to her reports, it was to the Brain allies and women mailing list. Get your facts straight πŸ˜‚
      Dec 10, 2020
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    Just a publicity stunt to shut the hippies up.
    Dec 9, 2020 2
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    cBrC30

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    sundar is so weak. How did such an email do anything? For people standing with sjw, the email dared not follow the how to apologize properly template. For those against sjw, it’s such a bent over
    Dec 9, 2020 4