Critics Say Timnit Gebru's Attack on METR/Redwood Report Lacks Domain Expertise
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-05
austinc3301 argues Timnit Gebru has less domain expertise than the METR/Redwood report authors on the specific issue she criticizes, and that her older papers rested on a claim about inherent LLM limits that has since been disproven — one she hasn't engaged with.
Related event: Safety Experts Push Back on Timnit Gebru's Critique of METR Report(2 posts)→
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