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Four questions about Google's firing of Timnit Gebru
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Four questions about Google's firing of Timnit Gebru

Why the future of AI research can't belong to the tech giants

Casey Newton
Dec 8, 2020
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Today, let’s try to answer some questions about the departure from Google of the prominent artificial intelligence researcher and ethicist Timnit Gebru. Gebru’s firing — Google says she resigned — has captivated Platformer readers; my initial story about her blistering email to an internal listserv, along with Google Research chie…

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