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Written by Timnit Gebru (she/her) on 2025-01-27 at 21:18

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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Written by Michael Grinder on 2025-01-27 at 22:23

@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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