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Today is the start of UW’s Winter Quarter, and #UWAllen is excited to welcome our students back. Without the benefit of a long break given our quarter system, instructors spent the holiday weekend preparing for the challenge of conducting the 1st week remotely due to omicron. 1/5
Meanwhile, former faculty member Pedro Domingos unfortunately used the holiday weekend to yet again tweet meritless, sexist, inflammatory, attention-seeking commentary that reflects poorly on him and everyone associated with him. We, once again, repudiate his views. 2/5
We cannot limit what emeritus faculty members say via private accounts on private platforms, no matter how repulsive, not to mention unsupported by fact. 3/5
To all of those who are "both-sides-ing" this: we see you. It takes courage, guts, and fortitude to speak out in the face of oppression, knowing that no matter how gently you make the point people will think you're "too angry".
I'm glad that #UWAllen publicly disavowed Domingos's meltdown. It's disheartening to see so many folks reacting to that with: well what about @AnimaAnandkumar?
Just how angry is the right amount of angry, when faced with racism, misogyny, misogynoir, gaslighting, etc? Furious is the right amount.
#UWAllen leadership is aware of recent “discussions” involving Pedro Domingos, a professor emeritus (retired) in our school. We do not condone a member of our community engaging in a Twitter flame war belittling individuals and downplaying valid concerns over ethics in AI. 1/11
We object to his dismissal of concerns over the use of technology to further marginalize groups ill-served by tech. While potential for harm does not necessarily negate the value of a given line of research, none of us should be absolved from considering that impact. 2/11
And while we may disagree about approaches to countering such potential harm, we should be supportive of trying different methods to do so. 3/11
