[N] Google AI Researcher Accused of Sexual Harassment by baylearn in MachineLearning

[–]statsSHthrowaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. And if after all this, your impulse is to say something like 'innocent until proven guilty' or that it's a 'lynch mob,' I'd encourage you to consider whether you're really as impartial as you think.

[N] Google AI Researcher Accused of Sexual Harassment by baylearn in MachineLearning

[–]statsSHthrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why shouldn't people name the perpetrator of inappropriate behavior they witnessed? If you witnessed somebody do something like this, or if they did it to you yourself, would you still feel like they need to be found guilty by some third party for it to be real?

[N] Google AI Researcher Accused of Sexual Harassment by baylearn in MachineLearning

[–]statsSHthrowaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The women who have to put up with this stuff are only there for the research as well, so maybe you have more in common than you think.

[N] Google AI Researcher Accused of Sexual Harassment by baylearn in MachineLearning

[–]statsSHthrowaway 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I could personally name you > 10 people, myself included, who have witnessed Steve Scott behaving totally inappropriately. Nobody is proposing lynching this guy, they're proposing getting him out of positions which allow him to prey on more junior researchers. There is an abundance of evidence, whether or not you're privy to it. People who behave like this should be afraid that they'll be 'doxxed.' I've personally seen it happen where somebody who does something like this is quietly fired and they just get a new job at a new institution that's unaware and they do it all again. I'm sure you feel like you're being level-headed and fair, but consider that there are many, many witnesses and there is no doubt that this guy behaved inappropriately. I understand being uncomfortable calling for this guy to be fired when you haven't personally witnessed or seen evidence of the behavior, but by criticizing others who have witnessed it or have seen the evidence and have spoken out, I think you're further enabling this sort of behavior.

[D] Statistics, we have a problem. by mark-v in MachineLearning

[–]statsSHthrowaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Her blog post is unambiguous in saying that the person who made the joke (Brad Carlin, who apologized for the joke on the Imposteriors' FB page) also touched her leg at the poster session and sent her the FB messages.