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16 Feb, 4 tweets, 4 min read
@timnitGebru He sent it to me this morning too. I just archived it without reading it, because I figured there would be nothing of value there. (I wasn't wrong.) What is it with this guy? As you say, @sibinmohan why does he think Google needs his defense?
@timnitGebru @sibinmohan And more to the point: @timnitGebru and @mmitchell_ai (and @RealAbril and others) your shedding light on this and continuing to do so brings great value. How can we get to better corporate (& other) practices if the injustices are not widely known?
@timnitGebru @sibinmohan @mmitchell_ai @RealAbril As always, I am in awe of your energy & fortitude.
@timnitGebru @sibinmohan @mmitchell_ai @RealAbril .@sibinmohan didn't include the last bit of the email in the tweet above, but here it is. I particularly like how dude thinks he knows what I am seeking and that he has any idea whether I'm well-known or not in my field. Screen cap of email, readin...

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24 Jan
No, I will not make any such change, for two reasons:
1. Process: The camera ready is done, and approved by all of the authors. If I make any changes past this point it will be literally only fixing typos/citations. No changes to content let alone the title.
2. Content: I stand by the title and the question we are asking. The question is motivated because the field has been dominated by "bigger bigger bigger!" (yes in terms of both training data and model size), with most* of the discourse only fawning over the results. >>
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16 Dec 20
They sure will. Here's a quick analysis of how, from my perspective as someone who studies societal impacts of natural language technology:
First, some guesses about system components, based on current tech: it will include a very large language model (akin to GPT-3) trained on huge amounts of web text, including Reddit and the like.
It will also likely be trained on sample input/output pairs, where they asked crowdworkers to create the bulleted summaries for news articles.
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14 Dec 20
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.
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13 Dec 20
"Aside from turning the paper viral, the incident offered a shocking indication of how little Google can tolerate even mild pushback, and how easily it can shed all pretense of scientific independence." Thank you, @mathbabedotorg
@mathbabedotorg Re: "Embarrassing as this episode should be for Google — the company’s CEO has apologized — I’m hoping policy makers grasp the larger lesson."

Totally agree on the main pts (about policy makers and about it being embarrassing). It doesn't seem to me that he actually apologized.
For example:

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9 Dec 20
I’ve picked up a bunch of new followers in the past few days, and I suspect many of you are here because you’re interested in what I might have to say about Google and Dr. @TimnitGebru. So, here’s what I have to say:
Dr. @TimnitGebru is a truly inspiring scholar and leader. Working with her these past few months has been an absolute highlight for me:
I was super excited to work with her because of all the excellent work she has done. For highlights, see this thread compiled by @math_rachel:
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30 Oct 20
I was feeling a little ranty this morning, but there's actually also some interesting points about context and pragmatics here, for when we write (or cause machines to write) text that will be interpreted in contexts we aren't directly participating in:
Surely, from the platform's point of view, WeCNLP is starting at 7am. For them, WeCNLP refers to an event with "start" and "end" times they have to program into their platform, so that people who have registered can access the platform during those times. >>
But for people *attending* WeCNLP (the addressees of that email), WeCNLP refers to an event with a specific internal schedule, of talks and informal meeting times. >>
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