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   Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:18:40 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

   When I was at Google, I was asking WHY they were interested in building THE LARGEST model. Why?

   Why were you going for size?

   What function are you trying to achieve?

   Why was the thing you were interested in having THE LARGEST model?

   Why is the thing you were upset about that you didn't have THE LARGEST model at the time?

   They responded by doing me the favor of firing me 🤷🏼

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 10:41:06 JST Rich Felker

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     • Pete Bleackley

     @PeteBleackley @timnitGebru It also makes business for their overpriced data centers and lets you launder money that way.

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     Pete Bleackley (petebleackley@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 10:41:07 JST Pete Bleackley

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     @timnitGebru I have a theory that the costs of building large models create a barrier to entry, and so help corporations maintain market dominance.

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     Michael Grinder (mgrinder@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 10:41:53 JST Michael Grinder

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     @timnitGebru Twenty-ish years ago, I was teaching CS at a small state college. One weekend the student ACM chapter organized a LAN party in the student union building. Another professor and I went to check on things that evening and found one female student sitting amidst a large group of male students. She had a small 15 inch monitor, while most of the male students had large 20+ inch monitors. She gave us a mischievous grin and said “I'm the only one here not compensating for something.”

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:19:23 JST Rich Felker

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     @timnitGebru 🤏 🍆