> why are you still working there and not resigning?
Simple: she wants to still be paid by Google.
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Simple: she wants to still be paid by Google.
- 2,000 signed a petition to support Timnit [1]
- 2 employees resigned to support Timnit [2]
When it comes to voting with your feet, no one actually gives a shit.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/thousands-petition-google-fo...
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/tech/google-employees-quit/in...
- 2,000 signed a petition to support Timnit [1]
- 2 employees resigned to support Timnit [2]
When it comes to voting with your feet, no one actually gives a shit.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/thousands-petition-google-fo...
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/tech/google-employees-quit/in...
Mission critical ML systems (G/FB ads, crime forensics, medical decision support, financial algorithms) do not work like this.
The designers know exactly which features are causing responses/predictions in the model, their respective perturbation sensitivities, and have clear bounds regarding adversarial inputs/outliers.
“Not knowing how the model works” is definitely true for deep learning, though.