In Machines We Trust: Timnit Gebru Tells Her Story

In Machines We Trust: Timnit Gebru Tells Her ...

Up next

South Korea’s hottest new bachelors are chip workers

As payouts from the AI boom soar, a job at SK Hynix can put you at the front of the matchmakers’ queue. This story was written by Michelle Kim and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com 

PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light

The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. It aims to be the first. This story was written by James O'Donnell and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com 

Recommended Episodes

Googlers vs. Google
Land of the Giants

On December 2nd, 2020, Dr. Timnit Gebru - co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team - got an email that said Google had accepted her resignation. A resignation she didn’t think she made. Her exit is just the latest sign of the crisis unfolding within Google — a loss of trust between ma ...  Show more

Is ethical AI possible?
The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Sean Illing talks with Timnit Gebru, the founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute. She studies the ethics of artificial intelligence and is an outspoken critic of companies developing new AI systems. Sean and Timnit discuss the power dynamics in the world of AI, the discr ...  Show more

What Happened with the Google Ousting of Timnit Gebru?
Stuff Mom Never Told You

Bridget drops by to share the story of Timnit Gebru, her ousting from Google, biases in tech, and why it's bad for all of us.

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See <a href=" ...

  Show more

A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?
Cold Call

Dr. Timnit Gebru was the co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI research team –until she raised concerns about bias in the company’s large language models and was forced out in 2020. Her departure sent shockwaves through the AI and tech community ad raised fundamental questions about how ...  Show more