Google Fired An AI Researcher Who Questioned A Well-known Paper Published By The Company In 2020, The Third High-profile Dismissal Of Relevant Personnel In Less Than Two Years. According To The New York Times, Satrajit Chatterjee Was Fired In March Because He And His Team Questioned Google's Research Paper On Using Artificial Intelligence To Make Computer Chips. The Research Paper Published In The Famous Scientific Journal Nature Said That Computers Can Design The Components Of Chips Faster Than Humans**
In An Internal Email, Chatterjee, 43, Questioned Some Of The Thesis's Conclusions, The New York Times Reported. He Also Questioned Whether The Technology Had Been Fully Tested.
In A Statement To The Times, Google Defended Its Research Papers And Practices.
Zoubin Ghahramani, Vice President Of Google Research, Said In A Statement To The Times: "we Thoroughly Reviewed The Original Paper Of Nature And Supported The Results Of Peer Review. We Also Strictly Investigated The Subsequent Technical Proposal, Which Did Not Meet Our Publishing Standards."
Google Didn't Immediately Respond To Requests For Comment, And Chatterjee Didn't Respond To Emails.
The Dismissal Of Chatterjee Occurred Again After Two High-profile Dismissals Within Google Artificial Intelligence. In December 2020, Google Fired One Of The Leaders Of The Ethical AI Team After Timnit Gebru Published A Paper Identifying The Risk Of Bias In AI Language Models. Two Months Later, Margaret Mitchell, Who Co Led The Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team, Was Fired For Violating The Company's Code Of Conduct. It Is Said That She Used Automatic Software To Scan Information And Found Discriminatory Treatment Against Gerblu.
Google Said Gebru Published The Paper Without Proper Channels.
The Search Giant Has Made Its Artificial Intelligence Research The Core Of The Company's Reputation For Innovation. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Of Alphabet, Has Said That AI Will Be More Important Than Electricity Or Fire. The Company Has Integrated Artificial Intelligence Models Into Its Core Search Products To Provide Users With Better Results While Reducing Spam.
According To The Times, Google Rejected A Paper Written By Chatterjee And His Team Refuting The Original Paper. According To The Report, The Researchers Tried To Report The Problem To CEO Pichai And The Board Of Directors Of Alphabet.