#ProtestNIPS I am starting this new hashtag. Please retweet if you are in support of @NipsConference changing its name. Looking for ideas on how to wear protest on our sleeves/carry signs throughout the conference. Ideas? We can't let the board get away with this shoddy treatment
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Members of NIPS board:
#ProtestNIPS: NIPS acronym encourages sexism and is a slur. Change the name - Sign the Petition! https://chn.ge/2Ra0Ysv via@Change PS: added@GoogleAI image search to show how common usage of the word is at odds with professionalism of @NipsConference11 replies 40 retweets 91 likesShow this thread -
A woman told me that a gun toting bro physically threatened her on
@mxlearn over @NipsConference name change. Can the board realize how terribly clueless they are on stresses we face. Sign the petition https://chn.ge/2Ra0Ysv#ProtestNIPS3 replies 19 retweets 62 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @AnimaAnandkumar @mxlearn
Signed! It's almost funny that NIPS can't even design an experiment.
Really disturbing and strange is their premise that minorities (women facing sexism in AI/ML) need majority support for their considerations to be taken into account. I mean it's 2018...
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Have you looked at the results? Even if you take women votes alone it is not as clear as decision as you make it to be - 44% for changing, 39% against and 17% in the middle. This does not mean they should not change the name, but please look at the actual results first.
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It's a completely biased and compromised sample.
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Okay, fair argument (I'm not familiar with how it was conducted). Then let's try first to make an unbiased/better poll that shows clearly that significant part of women want this change. Would not that be significantly more productive?
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Do you genuinely believe that minorities' views/feelings/rights should be evaluated as important or not based on a majority view/vote?
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Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted Vincent Lostanlen
Why not check out some threads of others' opinions and experiences while you think it over?https://twitter.com/lostanlen/status/1054898321112875008?s=19 …
Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ added,
Suggestion to machine learning rockstars:
if you want to know whether your conference bears an offensive name ...
maybe don't ask only to those who have taken no issue in attending that conference in the last 5 years? https://twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1054889225277988864 …-
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Replying to @o_guest @AIActorCritic and
Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted Women+ in ML/DS
This one is really good toohttps://twitter.com/wimlds/status/1054899889249742848?s=19 …
Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ added,
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