stopthatgirl7Elon Musk’s new AI company is staffed entirely by men
There's not much information about xAI, but diversity is already an issue #tech
https://qz.com/elon-musk-s-new-ai-company-is-staffed-entirely-by-men-1850633240
Zeth0sNot defending musk, but it is really difficult to find women in AI. The few that are around are very valuable for tech companies that will pay higher salaries to have “token women”, better if they are from some minority group, to show better diversity statistics. Therefore retention is also difficult. Finding good people in AI is already difficult and expansive, finding women is a real challenge.
I strongly believe that diversity brings a lot of value, and women are important in any team. But the solution unfortunately is not in the current market, but it is at school levels. Culture must change.
AshDeneEh, the gender imbalance is bad, but not 0/12 bad... here are some stats
What? That bastion of diversity and inclusion has a company that lacks diversity?
I would have thought it was all white men except for his love of people who desperately need to keep their work visas.
I would have thought it was all white men
Musk is going to hire people he feels "comfortable" around.
Musk was born and raised a rich male in apartheid South Africa, and he hasn't matured since leaving - 42069 amirite? tesla fart noises hahaha! tesla models S3XY!
He has been repeatedly accused of both racist and misogynistic behavior, of course he's going to "feel most comfortable" with white males. This is literally how glass ceilings are made.
Maybe he has been accused of racist and misogynistic behavior because he is racist and misogynistic. I sure as hell have seen him share antisemitic, transphobic, misogynistic, and racist content on his personal Twitter account. He offered to buy an employee a horse if she would sleep with him, for fuck's sake.
Glass ceilings are not made because a person is actually a victim of a smear campaign, they're made because a person wants to hold onto power without being held accountable for the shitty things they do.
Don't be an apologist for racists and sexists. You know why Musk is most comfortable around white men. It's because he's an insecure racist and sexist piece of shit.
I think you have entirely misinterpreted my comment.
No surprise to anyone.
What's really funny is, all of those profiles only have links to their Twitter accounts, but you can't see them unless you make a Twitter account yourself.
ArugulaZIf "man" is the right word for Elon Musk.
Why would they even put him on the list of employees this fucker literally does nothing all day then underpays people smarter than him to enrich himself and take all tbe credit?
Do you really think he designed Anything of value to any of his companies besidea captial?
The lady im charge of spacex probably hates him
Tesla execs probably hate him
Elon is an asshole but he isn’t an idiot as some would claim.
There are multiple quotes from aerospace engineers that do and don’t work for him noting he understands and contributes.
John Carmack who is considered a world class coder and also had a rocket company has publicly stated Elon both knows rockets and coding.
FriendshipElon does seem to be able to speak at least on some level about rocket design. His statements and very public beefs with his own engineers at Twitter however demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of coding for large scale infrastructure like Twitter.
RagnellSTEM Self-Importance Syndrome, where knowledge in one aspect of STEM leads someone to believe they have knowledge and understanding of EVERYTHING even though there's actually a lot of big differences between Rocket Science and Computer Programming.
Rocket scientists are pretty susceptible to this because "It's not rocket science" is an actual phrase used to mean "this job is easy." Computer science is not rocket science, but it's not easy either and it's not something a rocket scientist can just jump in and do.
See also Stockton Rush, who thought because he studied aerospace, he knew what he was doing going into the ocean.
Appropriate that he named the company Oceangate, since that's what any scandal would be nicknamed.
Madison_rogueReminds me of this that was posted a couple days ago. Seems kind of relevant.
Company Hits Diversity Quota By Claiming New AI Is A Woman
CHICAGO—Saying it had satisfied initiatives to increase equity and intersectionality in its hiring practices, local firm Griffin-Reynolds Analytics reportedly told its employees Monday that the company had reached its diversity quota with the addition of a female AI. “We recognize the value of a workplace that…
Betcha the AI product never actually comes out.
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Frog-BrawlerNot only is Musk’s new AI company staffed by all men, it also gets free publicity from qz.com!
adrianMaybe this says more about women than Elon Musk? Given a choice many women might not want to work for him...