I appreciate you sharing this @le_roux_nicolas! I knew this to be the case despite never having worked at Google. I even know some researchers go with the "ask for forgiveness, not permission" route.

Inconsistent application of rules is a powerful weapon. 1/6 https://twitter.com/le_roux_nicolas/status/1334601960972906496">https://twitter.com/le_roux_n...

It was clear to me mid-way through grad school that I can& #39;t do the kind of work I& #39;d like at places like Google. My 3rd year, I backed out of a Google internship. It was a hard decision and one that was met with severe skepticism by many in my dept. 2/6

Later, once I hit my stride as a researcher, I got another recruiting note to which I responded with a "please remove me from all your recruiting lists." They asked for feedback on why and I obliged. 3/6

What is going on right now is terrible. But, I hope it is also an opportunity to have open conversations about whether there& #39;s any place for ethical AI research within corporations that are incentivized to do the exact opposite. 4/6

As academics, I hope we also reflect more critically on what doors we open for our students. In grad school, I tried hard to do internships in the public sector, but neither I nor my faculty mentors had good connections, while there were many pathways to big tech internships. 5/6

Today, I get to work with many in NGOs and policy. They are eager to work with CS students and many students are excited about these opportunities too. And yet, unis don& #39;t facilitate these kinds of matches in the same way as they would for Google. We need to change this. 6/6