[Episode 0484] [#Covfefe Break] Toxic Masculinity, Timnit Gerbu, and Woke Santa

Keri and Carter address Kumail Nanjiani's self-hating denigration of "traditional masculinity," the characterization of boys as broken girls, and the continual disparagement of fathers and fatherhood. They explore the "departure" from Google of Timnit Gebru, technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team, and the drama surrounding it. Carter points out the importance and sophistication of AI and large language models, and implores non-woke ethicists to get involved in training the AI engines of the future. After answering some superchats, they discuss YouTube's new policy regarding the mention of election fraud, and Keri likens their language to bureaucrats in 1984 bragging about how many words they'd removed from the dictionary. Carter argues that in order to prevent the rise of an authoritarian government, it is necessary to let skeptics criticize the government publicly--even if and when those skeptics are wrong. He asserts that YouTube has voluntarily made itself a proxy of the state. Next, they observe the hypocrisy with which the mainstream media buried the Hunter Biden story prior to the election, but are happy to discuss it now that the election is over. They end by watching a video of "Woke Santa," who makes a young boy cry by rejecting his request for a Nerf gun: "No Guns, not even a nerf gun!" Fortunately, the Christmas spirit is still alive in Based Santa, who rectified the situation by personally delivering Nerf guns to the roiled child. Links Referenced in the Show: Keri's Twitter response to Kumail Nanjiani: https://twitter.com/ksemamajama/status/1337460661144707075 Carter and Keri discuss the APA guidelines: https://youtu.be/VrG0hSLXkcc Unsafe Space interview with Tom Golden: https://youtu.be/mLnBXQQH7n4 AI-generated article: https://openai.com/blog/better-language-models/#sample2 Article containing Timnit Gerbu's letter: https://www.platformer.news/p/the-withering-email-that-got-an-ethical Article containing Sundar Pichai's apology letter: https://www.axios.com/sundar-pichai-memo-timnit-gebru-exit-18b0efb0-5bc3-41e6-ac28-2956732ed78b.html Overview of Timing Gerbu's paper: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/ New YouTube policy on election fraud: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/supporting-the-2020-us-election/ Mainstream media on Hunter Biden BEFORE the election: https://twitter.com/NPRpubliceditor/status/1319281101223940096 A simple Google search on Hunter Biden NOW: https://news.google.com/search?q=hunter%20biden&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen CNN reporting on Hunter Biden: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/opinions/hunter-biden-probe-return-to-rule-of-law-post-trump-mccaffery/index.html NY Post reporting that William Barr knew about Hunter investigation: https://nypost.com/2020/12/11/william-barr-hid-two-federal-probes-into-hunter-biden-for-months/ Woke Santa being an ass: https://twitter.com/WhiteHovse/status/1335855946405437440 Thanks for Watching! The best way to follow Unsafe Space, no matter which platforms ban us, is to visit: https://unsafespace.com While we're still allowed on YouTube, please don't forget to verify that you're subscribed, and to like and share this episode. You can find us there at: https://unsafespace.com/channel For episode clips, visit: https://unsafespace.com/clips Also, come join our community of dangerous thinkers at the following social media sites...at least until we get banned: Twitter: @unsafespace Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsafepage Instagram: @_unsafespace Gab: @unsafe Minds: @unsafe Parler: @unsafespace Locals: unsafespace.locals.com MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/unsafespace Telegram Chat: https://t.me/joinchat/H4OUclXTz4xwF9EapZekPg To help us continue operating, please visit: https://unsafespace.com/donate Don't forget to pick up some Unsafe Space merch while you're there!