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    1. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      People were checking in on me making sure I'm eating. @IfeomaOzoma even reminded me to hydrate :) This is reminding me of how when I joined Google, I lost 10 pounds in less than a month because of the toxicity I immediately met./1

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    2. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      I used to joke that I had the Google -10 rather than the Google 15--most people say they gain weight when they join. Sexism at Brain was notorious in my whisper networks--didn't hear about racism tho because if you have no Black people you avoid that problem right?/2

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    3. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      I had a meeting first with Samy and then @JeffDean asking each of them what they were planning on doing about this and a number of other issues. I did not feel comfortable signing my offer because there were so many red flags--so many issues I saw even before joining./3

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    4. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      As far as I know I was the first Black woman ever to be hired as a research scientist there out of god knows how many RSs. And man was it toxic. Whenever I talked to my friends about the latest issue I was dealing with, ppl like @red_abebe would wonder why I was still there./4

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    5. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      Many times I would say well I don't want to abandon my team, or I promised so and so that I would stay at least for X months. (I also gave this answer to people who were trying to recruit me). /5

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    6. Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      When I told stories to people outside of Google and saw their reactions, it reminded me that what I was experiencing was not supposed to be ordinary (the constant gaslighting and tone policing there is not intended to make you feel that way). /6

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      Timnit Gebru‏Verified account @timnitGebru 8 Dec 2020

      What happened with this paper and email is just the tip of the iceberg. So many things have happened culminating in this incident.

      7:37 PM - 8 Dec 2020
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      • Tony Samuel - Dad/Author/Entrepreneur/AntiRacist Rachel Beisel Cassandra said this would happen Mar Hicks 🌊🌊🌊 Chairman Mardikins 🖤🕷 ABRao Mimi Puddin Tame #Wholesoultruthteller
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        1. Karen Jaw-Madson‏ @KarenJaw 8 Dec 2020
          Replying to @timnitGebru

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          https://twitter.com/karenjaw/status/1336008602960633857?s=21 …https://twitter.com/KarenJaw/status/1336008602960633857 …

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          Karen Jaw-Madson @KarenJaw
          1. These things don't blow up overnight. Consider patterns of behavior. Numerous people (like @shaft) have come forward to share their #employeeexperience, and it's not good.../#thread #companyculture #culture #DEI #ISupportTimnit @GoogleWalkout
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        2. Katrina Morris‏ @rexkat 8 Dec 2020
          Replying to @timnitGebru

          I'm so sorry. It's terrifying really. Not to anthropomorphize it, but it's almost like the AI is growing up in a verbally abusive household. Only it won't be Kenny bullying us on the playground. It will be the systems running our society. You were looking out for people.

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        3. VK‏ @thereal_VK 10 Dec 2020
          Replying to @rexkat @timnitGebru

          I think we need to anthropomorphise AI so we can more clearly ask ourselves what kind of ‘intelligence’ we are building. It will never be neutral and without context. These are exactly the questions that need asking.

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        1. Kara Finn‏ @AlgorithmDancer 8 Dec 2020
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          This is clear. No way would Dean have jumped on the chance to make it seem to be your decision had they not manipulated you into forcing the issue perhaps out of desperation. Been there had it done to me. It’s creepy. You did nothing wrong. You were played.

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        1. BLACKSTEM Global 💡 🔬 🌼‏ @BLACKSTEMUSA 9 Dec 2020
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          Our team wants to express our deepest sorrow for what you've experienced. You join the pantheon of extremely talented Black technologists who've been ousted for not backing down on bias-related issues. We've worked in many types of orgs & experienced the same. You aren't alone.

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        1. BLACKSTEM Global 💡 🔬 🌼‏ @BLACKSTEMUSA 9 Dec 2020
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          There's a Biblical verse, "what was meant for evil will be turned into good". It isn't an accident what happened to you. Somewhere there's an even more important AI role for you. You've identified a MAJOR LLM problem that all nations w/Black citizens need to prepare against.

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        1. BLACKSTEM Global 💡 🔬 🌼‏ @BLACKSTEMUSA 9 Dec 2020
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          You will come out on the other side of this a stronger & wiser leader. This you can believe. ❤✊🏾👍🏾

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        1. Denise James she/her #BlackLivesMatter‏ @Denisetoo 9 Dec 2020
          Replying to @timnitGebru

          I too have felt the toxicity of racism working in automotive control engineering. I complained so much no one will hire me. I have financial insecurity. I want so much better for you. I graduated with BSEE in 1984, MSEE in 1994, Self Driving Car Certificate in 2015.

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        2. Sonal Budhiraja‏ @sonal_budhiraja 9 Dec 2020
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