Amy Webb and the problem of too many white men in the AI development tribe

[kmo]

I just posted this to r/artificial. I joined the subreddit to make the post, so I have no established reputation or credibility with its regular members. I don't expect my post to elicit many responses.

Posted byu/Kayemmo
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According to Amy Webb, a major problem with AI is the over-representation of White Men in its development.
I'm re-

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[prester_scott]

Nuanced arguments? Collaboration among disagreeing camps? Man, are you ever behind the times. You should already have found your tribe by now, joined in the echo chamber pep rallies, and thrown some rocks (perhaps literally) at tribal foes. Lone wolves starve, no matter how smart they are.

Ha ha only serious.

[kmo]

Yeah. At best, I'm a member of the gray tribe, but a lot of my fellow gray tribers rub me the wrong way, so I remain, for practical purpses, a hungry, lone wolf, though starvation seems like the least of my worries

[prester_scott]

Don't forget, the putative Red, Blue and Gray Tribes are all white and American, so the problem Webb perceives of lack of representation from peoples beyond those boundaries still exists amidst all our internecine skirmishes. Indeed, since Silicon Valley is almost solid Blue, that reduces diversity even further.

So what I'd actually like to know is precisely what valuable ideas she believes may be missing from the project. Start asking brown people (or frankly, any people) what they really think and you might not get quite what fits your worldview.

[kmo]

"...since Silicon Valley is almost solid Blue, that reduces diversity even further."

She does cover the accusations of leftist meddling of the trending features and suppression of right-wing viewpoints on Facebook.