Data scientist, nonprofit founder, and former director of Twitter’s Machine Ethics team, Rumman Chowdhury has strong discourse on Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) In the SXSW group on Thursday.
“When your funds are frozen and you don’t know if you’re going to be fired, it’s absolutely no assistants who keep saying weird things on the internet, you still have to do the job, right?” Choudhury said. “The light has to be kept because Elon Musk is not the light that keeps the light, even if he wants you to think that.”
Musk’s suggestion of Musk and Doge Compromise cybersecurity. The initiative has enabled the Consumer Financial Protection Agency situation, reduced staff at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and fired probation workers at the Federal Aviation Administration and others.
Chowdhury is concerned about brain loss due to sharp reductions and confusing management styles. She said she saw similar trends on Twitter in 2022 Musk acquires the platform for $43 billion. Chowdhury is one of many staff members after Musk took over.
“So some estimates say about 20% [Twitter] Have left before [Musk] Even took over and he fired another 30%, right? “Chodhury said. “So, we’re talking about most of the company, whether it’s your will or not, but I think the most important thing is that it’s just an imminent shadow.” [Musk’s] Existence completely kills Twitter’s culture. ”
Chowdhury added:[I]T is frightening to see what happened to the U.S. government, an agency that is important in the lives of every American and even outside the U.S. borders. Twitter is a company, yes – it’s an influential company, but unlike the government. […] [Musk] Reproductive chaotic environments, chaos is not where good work happens. ”
Chowdhury also questioned Musk’s vision for Twitter (now X), which she said was linked to his political attitude. She accused Musk of using X as a sales tool for his ideology – a “megaphone” that pushes his views into the world.
“Like, I don’t think there is any debate or discussion here,” Choudhury said. “I don’t think it’s [former Twitter CEO] Jack Dorsey acts near Elon Musk’s way [has] – He doesn’t have his own opinions every day on Twitter, stopping people from amplifying others, calling some people terrorists – for example, Jack doesn’t act that way. ”
A report found Musk has misleading claims about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 billion times on X. Making a wrong assertion Regarding federal spending, Ukrainian invasionand The role of the office Like the Federal Emergency Administration.
Musk has Even questioning The community noted that X corrected the post on X, which claimed that the country’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a lower approval rating among its citizens, the fact-checking system of X. “Unfortunately, community notes are increasingly recognized by the government and traditional media,” Musk said. There is no evidence to claim in the position.
