anonvenger

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by anonvenger 6y ago
Complaining about life adversities on social media in a hyperbolic race / gender wrapping, 'constantly dehumanized', is a recent widespread phenomenon. The heroine of this story happens to embody this novel behavior, which us
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by anonvenger 6y ago
Her technical work and credentials are solid. Working on better datasets is valuable and important. What is questionable is acting as if every dataset out there that can be found to have one dimension with any bias against some race/ge
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by anonvenger 6y ago
Would you please elaborate?
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by anonvenger 6y ago
Well written, well sourced and very narrow for someone that fashions themselves as 'ethicist'. There are more things in life beyond race and gender as seen through the prism of critical race/gender theory. I heard somewhere o
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by anonvenger 6y ago
While there is some overlap, generally speaking Identity Politics != Ethics. She's an Identity Politics researcher, narrowly focused on race and gender topics. Not some philosopher or religious figure interested in the flourishing of h
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by anonvenger 6y ago
"Who do they hire to replace her?". That is an excellent question, and a good time to remember that Identity Politics != Ethics. Most big ethical questions in AI have nothing to do with race or gender, instead affect us all. Some
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by anonvenger 6y ago
Nitpick. Jesus Christ raised the bar to 'love your enemies'. 43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may
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by anonvenger 6y ago
a. Yes, but you can post 'women and minorities encouraged' job ads. b. No. People invested in identity politics are, by their own admission, interested in outcomes. In this world view, the legal system is a tool for achieving the
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by anonvenger 6y ago
In light of Jeff Dean's email, which you can find in the updated original post, it appears that Timnit Gebru threw a public tantrum when one of the many papers she collaborated on was deemed unsuitable for Google Brain technical standa
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by anonvenger 6y ago
From Jeff Dean's email: > Timnit co-authored a paper with four fellow Googlers as well as some external collaborators that needed to go through our review process (as is the case with all externally submitted papers). We’ve approved