equity – A Life Not Grey

December 4, 2020December 18, 2020

There Are No Winners, Only Losers in the Timnit Gebru-Google Situation

So, Google is in the news this week, and not in a good way. The company fired Timnit Gebru, co-leader of its Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, and her release to the marketplace was not amiable. Gebru announced her departure on Twitter after it happened, and immediately made it clear that it was hinky. She said … Continue reading There Are No Winners, Only Losers in the Timnit Gebru-Google Situation

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

Steve Scalise and His Black Saviors

In the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in Alexandria, Virginia where Congressman Steve Scalise and several others were injured, there has been much commentary about the black officers hailed as heroes for killing shooter James Hodgkinson. Once such piece was Son of Baldwin’s narrative “Let Them Fucking Die.” When I managed to retract my eyebrows from … Continue reading Steve Scalise and His Black Saviors