Should processing/p5js reconsider its participation in Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
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Description
(Probably not the ideal place for this, but the issue seems worthy of a an archived discussion)
Three groups focused on increasing diversity in artificial intelligence say they will no longer take funding from Google. In a joint statement released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP said they acted to protest Google’s treatment of its former ethical AI team leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman...
In the statement, the groups endorse calls made in March by current and former Google employees for academic conferences to reject Google funding and for policymakers to enact stronger whistleblower protections for AI researchers.
https://www.wired.com/story/black-queer-ai-groups-spurn-google-funding
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the issue discussion and the linked Wired article about Google funding and AI organizations. Review the five existing comments to understand the positions already raised; done would require a documented decision about whether processing/p5js should participate in Google Summer of Code.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- gsoc
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 10/100