Discussion

• @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on threads

  i don't get it!  what's the point of a formal thing vs “my 4 buddies i ask for advice”

• @tookthescenicroute Jon Gales on threads

  Kind of a lose lose here isn't it?  If they were paid the story would be they're biased towards their employer.

• @daveleebbg Dave Lee on threads

  “None of the men will be paid, a Meta spokesperson confirmed.”  So why are they doing it? https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @lulumeservey Lulu Cheng Meservey on x

  It's 2024, can we not

• @sfshag Martha Shaughnessy on x

  @KurtWagner8 Seems missing some representation - not just by gender (tip: Internet, like society, is different for women), but also social sciences (ethics, psychology, etc.) and most other breadth that might help avoid pouring accelerant on some of the damage he's already overse…

• @borrowed_ideas @borrowed_ideas on x

  @TechCrunch imagine looking at a board consisting of Patrick Collison, Tobi, Nat Friedman, and Charlie Songhurst and all you see is “white men”. As a non-white man, I do consider it pretty racist to categorize an individual to the color of their skin.

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  Color me unshocked

• @rachelmetz Rachel Metz on x

  I feel like something is missing... can't put my finger on it...

• @dominicmadori Dom on x

  In other news, me @asilbwrites and @Kyle_L_Wiggers wrote our thoughts about the new Meta AI council. We were not shocked or surprised to see it full of all white men. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @edzitron Ed Zitron on x

  “a group that will meet periodically with Meta's management team and offer guidance on the company's artificial intelligence and technology advancements” so it's what, a focus group? A bunch of guys? Is it even formal?

• @roybahat Roy E. Bahat on x

  Meta... interesting thing is why make this announcement public... telling their team that they know they need outside advice? Big brains. And... maybe could use some, um, more perspectives. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @ranimolla Rani Molla on x

  @KurtWagner8 At least they'll understand algorithmic bias

• @edzitron Ed Zitron on x

  what does this even mean lol

• @franklinleonard Franklin Leonard on x

  All brilliant people and potentially valuable advisors but it strikes me as a strategic misstep to not to have any - you know, um - women or folks from the global south as part of an advisory council on AI. Even putting aside “diversity” concerns, just on pure business.

• @amitgoel1287 Amit Goel on x

  @KurtWagner8 Either this council will work wonders or it will break down in a year. but it is still better to try this than the internal product councils created by many founder CEOs along with Chief of Staff positions where the council members get fired if they don't agree with …

• @dominicmadori Dom on x

  In other news, me @asilbwrites and @Kyle_L_Wiggers wrote our thoughts about the new Meta AI council. We were not shocked or surprised to see it full of all white men. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @dalmaer Dion Almaer on x

  Wasn't this a WhatsApp group all along? :)

• @dominicmadori Dom on x

  mark zuckerberg putting together another ai council with no women reminded me we have this amazing o-going list of qualified women he and literally anyone can choose from

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  New: Mark Zuckerberg created a product advisory council to help Meta's management team with its AI plans & strategic roadmap The four man council: Patrick Collison, Stripe CEO Tobi Lütke, Shopify CEO Nat Friedman, Former GitHub CEO Charlie Songhurst, Investor/Former MSFT

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  How is this different from a Board of Directors? This group is unpaid, not elected by shareholders, no fiduciary responsibility More details here: https://www.bloomberg.com/...