Just as an FYI, LeCun has not actually quit Twitter, he still posts stuff on there. For those curious I wrote up a more detailed summary of the episode (https://thegradient.pub/pulse-lessons/). TLDR, imho he was a bit unthoughtful in how he communicated with a more junior researcher, and got some respectful flack from it from various people, it was not that big a deal. But of course you can make up your own mind on that.
In any case, Timnit Gebru (this particular AI researcher) has been recognized as having done some pretty important work in AI ethics. Sounds like this whole thing is messy, but thought I'd mention that for more context.
In any case, Timnit Gebru (this particular AI researcher) has been recognized as having done some pretty important work in AI ethics. Sounds like this whole thing is messy, but thought I'd mention that for more context.