These dynamics have a direct impact on how technology is developed. And the stakes couldn't be higher: AI is increasingly involved in determining everything from credit scores and criminal sentences to car insurance and healthcare access.

Timnit Gebru—a giant in the world of AI and then co-lead of Google’s AI ethics team—was pushed out of her job in December. Gebru is a Black woman and was one of the few in Google’s research organization. The backlash was immediate.

Multifaceted and insightful article, thank you. I wonder, and I’m probably oversimplifying this, if at the heart of this conflict lies the tug of war btw ethics and accountability, ie self-regulation vs external regulation, the question who gets to say no?

Oki