Timneet Gebru: I share your concerns, right? Especially when we're in this moment when the tech stocks are down and interest rates are higher. But what does give me hope is seeing how criticism that was made of web three has had a positive impact on people's view of these technologies. And so my hope is that if we're able to kind of hone a critique of these technologies early on, that we might be able to influence some of this coverage. So that's what I'm crossing my fingers for.
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting distracted by all the hype around ChatGPT and AI image tools.
Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute and former co-lead of the Ethical AI research team at Google. You can follow her on Twitter at @timnitGebru.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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