Timnit Gebru (she/her).Nov 16, 2022

BTW I'm not sure if anyone has seen some of the things on Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's HBD (AKA race science) tumblr called Worldoptimization, where she's so openly eugenicist and awful.

And they pearl clutch when we draw the links between this cult and eugenics.

If Black people tried to do this shit the feds would've been on them and someone would've been shot by now.

The amount of stuff white people get away with is unreal.

Show threadAlex HannaNov 16, 2022
@timnitGebru what is a HBD
Show threadDr. Johnathan Flowers

@alex @timnitGebru Human bio-diversity. It basically argues that there are genetic differences among human populations that correlate with intelligence and other biological qualities.

It is race science and eugenics by another name. It's also super annoying philosophically because it co-opts a whole territory of language that could've been productive, like neurodiversity/neurodivergence.

Nov 16, 2022 at 4:12amWeb
Show threadDr. Johnathan FlowersNov 16, 2022
@alex @timnitGebru Literally made the post within seconds of you 😂
Show threadTimnit Gebru (she/her).Nov 16, 2022
@shengokai @alex I just saw 😂
Show threadAlex HannaNov 16, 2022
@shengokai @timnitGebru Yeah, agreed. Like, it could be useful to talk about genetic diversity in possibly the same way of discussing biodiversity, but then they go right to intelligence.
Show threadDr. Johnathan FlowersNov 16, 2022
@alex @timnitGebru They always go right for intelligence. Really makes you wonder...
Show threadNatanael ⚠️Nov 17, 2022
@shengokai @alex @timnitGebru you'd think one of them would at some point ask about simple common sense, but noooo. There's no introspection to figure out if they're even solving the right problems.