5.4 Case Study 1
Timnit Gebru, a leading ethics researcher who works on algorithmic bias and data mining, was controversially sacked by Google after criticizing the organisation in a paper. She says ethical choices cannot be left to AI: rather an observer system is needed to guarantee accountability, transparency, fairness and honesty. She is an advocate for diversity in technology and co-founder of Black in AI, a community of black researchers working in artificial intelligence. She had drawn attention to the issue that text data for training Ais is frequently racist, violent or sexist.
Reflection
- What do you think about this case?
- What dangers do you think this event hides?
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZXQgXZN8A
https://www.wired.com/story/prominent-ai-ethics-researcher-says-google-fired-her/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/google-s-co-head-of-ethical-ai-says-she-was-fired-over-email?sref=ExbtjcSG
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru
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Ethical issues are important especially when in the Me-too movement era.