Timnit Gebru Tells Her Story - a podcast by MIT Technology Review
from 2020-12-16T03:36
Two weeks after her forced exit, the AI ethics researcher reflects on her time at Google, how to increase corporate accountability, and the state of the AI field.
We meet:
Dr. Timnit Gebru
Find more reporting:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/16/1014634/google-ai-ethics-lead-timnit-gebru-tells-story/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/
Google's email to employees:
https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/1334953632719011840
Gebru's email to the listserv Google Brain Women and Allies:
https://www.platformer.news/p/the-withering-email-that-got-an-ethical
The petition from Google Walkout:
https://googlewalkout.medium.com/standing-with-dr-timnit-gebru-isupporttimnit-believeblackwomen-6dadc300d382
Credits:
This episode was reported by Karen Hao, edited by Jennifer Strong, Niall Firth, Gideon Lichfield and Michael Reilly, and produced with help from Anthony Green, Emma Cillekens and Benji Rosen.
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