MIT Technology Review Narrated

In Machines We Trust: Timnit Gebru Tells Her Story


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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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