Another viewpoint on the Google AI drama

Dec 4, 2020 17 Comments

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  • Not a peep from the blind misogynists that were ranting in the other thread. Be careful to note the comment from the other google AI researcher (white male) that his papers don’t get scrutinized the same way. At the end of the day this was about covering up information and google did a really bad job of that πŸ˜†
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    • Google
      Khal-eesi

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      Khal-eesi
      She forced me to agree with her and she mentioned that women of color get that a lot from white women even though I am a white Hispanic woman. Anyways, that was just one of the many incidents.
      Dec 5, 2020
    • Apple
      xipe

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      xipe
      It sounds like that she is a bigotry leftist who always feels discriminated against if he/she fails get the privilege. Now she acts a snowflake in front of media

      She should be fired regardless of skin color. Google really did a bad job. They shouldn’t keep her until now. They should have fired here earlier. Lots of smart people is waiting to take her position
      Dec 5, 2020
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    • Lyft
      Jhho06

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      Jhho06
      Didn’t the article say she only gave a day for peer review? Who gives a day??
      Dec 5, 2020
    • Google
      RealPM

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      RealPM
      She deserves to get fired and I would love to see what company would take her as a leader. I would love to follow and see how long before she gets fired from a job again. She would be a better fit at a non-profit or she can take an academic position where she can publish her views without consequences.
      Dec 5, 2020
  • IAG
    JNSF6

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    JNSF6
    If the above article is correct, Google basically got antsy about what is essentially a literature review of the foibles of NLP.

    "I live in the white house" levels of thin skin on display. It's one thing to ask for a paper to be held past Thanksgiving weekend for review, but it's essentially a harmless raindrop.

    There are dozens of these papers drawing their bow at minor foibles in AI published every day by publish or perish academics.

    Regardless of your opinion on the tech or the people involved, the Google leadership team has basically lit a Streisand effect bonfire over *nothing*.
    Dec 4, 2020 3
    • OP
      Yes the funny thing is that now with this drama there is going to be a lot of additional interest in the paper .
      While the article gives a gist , I am curious about - what made Google so antsy about this paper considering there are dozens of similar papers on AI Ethics and bias being published everyday.
      Dec 4, 2020
    • IAG
      JNSF6

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      JNSF6
      It's because Google's name was attached to something negative about NLP.

      They wanted to be seen as supporting ethical AI, but raising reasons for them to not accelerate the deployment of their models because of flaws impacts the $$$ so it's unacceptable.

      The paper I imagine wasn't the issue in of itself it's the fact Google realised it was funding its detractors. Someone read the paper and went wtf we're paying someone money to delay the $$$ from our NLP edge.

      ATM Google's lead in NLP is one of its core competitive advantages, esp when search growth has stalled and GCP is fighting hard for second place. It wants to build a moat and find the next pit of gold, this is adjacent to that.
      Dec 5, 2020