Google confirmed that her employment had been terminated. “After conducting a review of this manager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our code of conduct,” read a statement from the company.
The statement went on to claim that Dr. Mitchell had violated the company’s security policies by lifting confidential documents and private employee data from the Google network. The company said previously that Dr. Mitchell had tried to remove such files, the news site Axios reported last month.
See also this Twitter thread for some additional insights into this story. Given the politically sensitive nature of the topic, it may not be a great idea to discuss it much further on this platform, as that could further antagonize various camps interested in AI, among other potential negative consequences.
I appreciate the thread as context for a different perspective, but it seems to me that it loses track of verifiable facts partway through (around here), though I don’t mean to say it’s wrong after that.
I think in terms of implementation of frameworks around AI, it still seems very meaningful to me how influence and responsibility are handled. I don’t think that a federal agency specifically would do a good job handling an alignment plan, but I also don’t think Yann LeCun setting things up on his own without a dedicated team could handle it.
Hacker News discussion about why Margaret Mitchell was fired. Or see this NYT story:
See also this Twitter thread for some additional insights into this story. Given the politically sensitive nature of the topic, it may not be a great idea to discuss it much further on this platform, as that could further antagonize various camps interested in AI, among other potential negative consequences.
I appreciate the thread as context for a different perspective, but it seems to me that it loses track of verifiable facts partway through (around here), though I don’t mean to say it’s wrong after that.
I think in terms of implementation of frameworks around AI, it still seems very meaningful to me how influence and responsibility are handled. I don’t think that a federal agency specifically would do a good job handling an alignment plan, but I also don’t think Yann LeCun setting things up on his own without a dedicated team could handle it.
I would want to see a strong justification before deciding not to discuss something that is directly relevant to the purpose of the site.
Noted that a statement has been made. I don’t find it convincing, and even if it did I don’t think it changes the effect of the argument.
In particular, even if it was the case that both dismissals were completely justified, I think the chain of logic still holds.