裁員風(fēng)波升級，谷歌內(nèi)部再次上演“工人起義”
Josh Eidelson,;Mark Bergen;彭博社
2020-12-17
谷歌內(nèi)部員工沖突仍在發(fā)酵。近期，該公司一批AI研究人員聯(lián)名上交請?jiān)笗蟪雠_相應(yīng)新政策并更換管理層。
請?jiān)笗拿芎诵囊廊痪劢褂诟呒堿I倫理研究員提姆尼特?格布魯被迫離職一事。大量研究部門員工對谷歌的處理方式表示抗議，并要求將現(xiàn)任副總裁梅根?卡奇利亞剔出該部門匯報(bào)鏈。據(jù)彭博社曝光的請?jiān)笗北?，這些員工在申訴中直截了當(dāng)?shù)刂赋觯骸拔覀儗Ω笨偛玫念I(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力失去了信任?！?/p>
據(jù)格布魯本人說法，谷歌高層拒絕發(fā)表她與他人合著的一篇AI研究論文，因?yàn)樵撜撐挠|犯到了谷歌搜索引擎的部分利益，后來她便因不愿妥協(xié)而被解雇。谷歌首席執(zhí)行官桑達(dá)爾?皮查伊在事后向員工發(fā)表聲明稱，谷歌已對此案介入調(diào)查。
格布魯?shù)耐?、谷歌AI研究團(tuán)隊(duì)代表亞歷克斯?漢納于本周三向CEO皮查伊發(fā)郵件強(qiáng)調(diào)：“谷歌選擇解雇一位核心AI研究員的做法是其目光短淺的表現(xiàn)，如果想要AI研究繼續(xù)進(jìn)行下去，如果想要它保持一個獨(dú)立完整的合法性，我們需要迅速采取結(jié)構(gòu)性轉(zhuǎn)變?！?/p>
“谷歌必須停止這種短視的、只圖眼前之利的行為，AI所引起的倫理研究不止針對谷歌自己，還針對谷歌的其他競爭對手，它賦有普遍意義?！逼渌麊T工在請?jiān)笗醒a(bǔ)充道。
請?jiān)笗h谷歌以一個“更高的職位待遇”重聘格布魯，還要求兩位AI部門主管為其不正確態(tài)度向格布魯致歉。研究部門員工普遍認(rèn)為，谷歌應(yīng)該就此發(fā)布一個支持學(xué)術(shù)誠信的公開承諾，并主動為管理層進(jìn)行種族平等相關(guān)培訓(xùn)。
這是谷歌內(nèi)部再一次上演的“工人起義”。在2018年，谷歌也曾遭受過數(shù)千名員工罷工事件，其中一部分人亦向谷歌提交了一份申訴清單，希望能在董事會安插一位員工代表。雖然谷歌在此后做了一些相應(yīng)的調(diào)整與改變，但其中大部分矛盾仍是懸而未決。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
編譯：陳怡軒
谷歌內(nèi)部員工沖突仍在發(fā)酵。近期，該公司一批AI研究人員聯(lián)名上交請?jiān)笗蟪雠_相應(yīng)新政策并更換管理層。
請?jiān)笗拿芎诵囊廊痪劢褂诟呒堿I倫理研究員提姆尼特?格布魯被迫離職一事。大量研究部門員工對谷歌的處理方式表示抗議，并要求將現(xiàn)任副總裁梅根?卡奇利亞剔出該部門匯報(bào)鏈。據(jù)彭博社曝光的請?jiān)笗北?，這些員工在申訴中直截了當(dāng)?shù)刂赋觯骸拔覀儗Ω笨偛玫念I(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力失去了信任。”
據(jù)格布魯本人說法，谷歌高層拒絕發(fā)表她與他人合著的一篇AI研究論文，因?yàn)樵撜撐挠|犯到了谷歌搜索引擎的部分利益，后來她便因不愿妥協(xié)而被解雇。谷歌首席執(zhí)行官桑達(dá)爾?皮查伊在事后向員工發(fā)表聲明稱，谷歌已對此案介入調(diào)查。
格布魯?shù)耐?、谷歌AI研究團(tuán)隊(duì)代表亞歷克斯?漢納于本周三向CEO皮查伊發(fā)郵件強(qiáng)調(diào)：“谷歌選擇解雇一位核心AI研究員的做法是其目光短淺的表現(xiàn)，如果想要AI研究繼續(xù)進(jìn)行下去，如果想要它保持一個獨(dú)立完整的合法性，我們需要迅速采取結(jié)構(gòu)性轉(zhuǎn)變。”
“谷歌必須停止這種短視的、只圖眼前之利的行為，AI所引起的倫理研究不止針對谷歌自己，還針對谷歌的其他競爭對手，它賦有普遍意義。”其他員工在請?jiān)笗醒a(bǔ)充道。
請?jiān)笗h谷歌以一個“更高的職位待遇”重聘格布魯，還要求兩位AI部門主管為其不正確態(tài)度向格布魯致歉。研究部門員工普遍認(rèn)為，谷歌應(yīng)該就此發(fā)布一個支持學(xué)術(shù)誠信的公開承諾，并主動為管理層進(jìn)行種族平等相關(guān)培訓(xùn)。
這是谷歌內(nèi)部再一次上演的“工人起義”。在2018年，谷歌也曾遭受過數(shù)千名員工罷工事件，其中一部分人亦向谷歌提交了一份申訴清單，希望能在董事會安插一位員工代表。雖然谷歌在此后做了一些相應(yīng)的調(diào)整與改變，但其中大部分矛盾仍是懸而未決。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
編譯：陳怡軒
A group of Google artificial intelligence researchers sent a sweeping list of demands to management calling for new policies and leadership changes, escalating a conflict at one of the company’s prized units.
The note centers on the departure of Google AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, which set off protests inside the company. Citing that situation, the employees called for a company vice president, Megan Kacholia, to no longer be part of their reporting chain. “We have lost trust in her as a leader,” the researchers wrote, according to a copy of the later obtained by Bloomberg.
Gebru has said she was fired after the company rejected a research paper she co-authored that questioned an AI technology at the heart of Google’s search engine. The company has said she resigned and Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai told staff he is investigating the incident.
It was sent Wednesday to officials including Pichai by employee Alex Hanna, who worked with Gebru, on behalf of Google’s Ethical AI team. “Google’s short-sighted decision to fire and retaliate against a core member of the Ethical AI team makes it clear that we need swift and structural changes if this work is to continue, and if the legitimacy of the field as a whole is to persevere,” the letter reads.
“This research must be able to contest the company’s short-term interests and immediate revenue agendas, as well as to investigate AI that is deployed by Google’s competitors with similar ethical motives,” the researchers added.、
The letter urges Google to offer Gebru the chance to return to the company “at a higher level” than the one she had before. The researchers also asked that Kacholia and Jeff Dean, the AI division chief, apologize to Gebru for their treatment of her. It also calls for the company to issue a public commitment to academic integrity and to establish racial literacy training for management.
The is the latest worker uprising at Google. In 2018, thousands of employees walked out and some of them sent the company a list of reform demands, including placing an employee representative on the board. While the company made some changes, such as no longer forcing employees to arbitrate workplace claims, the bulk of those demands remain unmet.
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