Full email from CEO Sundar Pichai to all employees after Google's AI researcher was fired
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Many have pointed out that the case where Google asked AI researchers to 'withdraw or resign their treatises' was a major problem, including the fact that the researchers were black women. CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to all employees as Google continues to be criticized by employees. It is reported that this content was obtained by the news site AXIOS.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledges to investigate exit of top AI ethicist Timnit Gebru --Axios
https://www.axios.com/sundar-pichai-memo-timnit-gebru-exit-18b0efb0-5bc3-41e6-ac28-2956732ed78b.html
On December 4, 2020, it was reported that Google had fired Dr. Timnit Gebru, the technical leader of the ethical AI team. This is because when Dr. Gebble submitted a treatise pointing out a problem with Google's AI, Google requested the withdrawal of the treatise, and Google asked Dr. Gebble who did not respond to the withdrawal to resign.
Google fires technical leader of ethical AI team-GIGAZINE
Many criticisms from inside and outside the company are concentrated on Google's response. Thousands of people, including Google employees and researchers, have signed an open letter calling on Google Research to work fairly based on AI principles .
Google's dismissal of researchers on the ethical AI team is blamed for 'unprecedented censorship', more than 1,200 Google employees sign protests-GIGAZINE
In response, it was discovered that Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized internally for processing Dr. Gebble's resignation and sent an email to investigate. The full text of the email sent by CEO Pichai is as follows.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Our commitment to work on racial equality and AI ethics
Full Text: Hello, everyone.
One of the things I'm most proud of this year is that Googlers across the company have come together to tackle the issue of racial equality. This is a difficult and important task, and while we are firmly committed to doing better, there is much to learn and improve. The important thing is to learn from the experience of Dr. Gebble leaving the company.
A clear and loud voice has arrived in response to Dr. Gebble's departure. This has planted some of Google's peaceful doubts on some of its employees. I apologize for this and believe that I have a responsibility to restore trust.
First, we need to see what led Dr. Gebble to leave the company and see if things couldn't be done or could be improved in a more detailed process. .. See what happened and identify all the points you can learn, from the de-escalation strategy to the implementation process. Jeff and I are talking and working on these. One of the great aspects of Google's engineering culture is its sincere desire to understand 'where is wrong and how can it be improved?'
Second, we need to responsibly accept the fact that a great black and female leader with immense talent has left Google. This will have a spillover effect on employees who see Dr. Gebble's case as their own. Dr. Gebble is an expert in an important area of AI ethics that will advance in the future, and this advance depends on our ability to ask ourselves challenging questions, so we must continue to advance. I strongly felt that.
It's incredibly important to me that undervalued Googlers, such as blacks and women, feel that they are valued and belong to Google. And we believe that the burden of progress should not be placed on the shoulders of our employees. We began discussions earlier this year when we announced that we would renew our employment and promotion systems and leadership accountability efforts to address broader racial equality. The painful but important event that happened last week reminds us that we still have something to do.
This is a top priority for me and the people who lead Google. I promise again that I will continue the 'work to transform energy into reality' that I saw this year after 2021.
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There is controversy over Dr. Gebble's case, which Google sees as a 'resignation' while Dr. Gebble claims to be a 'substantial dismissal.' Pichai said in an email that Dr. Gebble's departure from the company was a 'pain', but he didn't mention whether he was resigning or being dismissed, and the word 'Departure'. Expressed in. Also, Pichai did not say that Google's response to Dr. Gebble was 'wrong.' In addition, the email didn't mention a specific effort, so AXIOS commented, 'We don't know from the email how much Google will actually address the issue.'
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