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AI researcher Nando de Freitas says it is morally wrong for AI companies to enforce garden leaves and neglect education funding
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In a post on X, user NandoDF argues that it is morally wrong for major AI companies, valued at billions or trillions of dollars, to enforce 6- to 12-month garden leave periods on scientists whom the poster claims were trained by the broader community over the past two decades. The post also criticizes these companies for choosing not to fund education initiatives such as @DeepIndaba and @Khipu_AI. The opinion attributes the success of these AI companies to the community's enabling and training efforts, and frames the garden leave and lack of educational funding as ethical failures.
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It is morally wrong for some of the billion- and trillion-dollar AI companies—which we enabled and helped build over the last two decades—to:
- Enforce 6- and 12-month garden leaves on the scientists we trained for them.
- Choose not to fund education efforts such as @DeepIndaba and @Khipu_AI.
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NandoDFNeutral / independent