NeurIPS: An apology and commitment to moving forward
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by Rosalind W. Picard
Dec. 14, 2024
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During my keynote presentation at NeurIPS, I shared a story in which I mentioned nationality—a detail that I regret including. I see that this was unnecessary, irrelevant to the point I was making, and caused unintended negative associations. I apologize for doing this and feel very badly about the distress that this incident has caused. I am learning from this experience, and I welcome ideas for how to try to make amends to the community.
I strongly believe that the practical and ethical questions posed by Generative AI impact us all. Working across national and cultural boundaries, I am hopeful we can solve them together.
Sincerely,
Dr. Rosalind W. Picard
Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology
MIT Media Lab 然后NeurIPS 又加了一个声明 https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity Our Commitment to Respect, Inclusivity, and Upholding Our Values Dear NeurIPS Community, We, the NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee, want to reaffirm our commitment to the NeurIPS Code of Conduct and its emphasis on fostering an inclusive, non-discriminatory, and respectful community. These principles have been at the heart of our efforts since our founding in 1987, and they remain vital to our success today. This year, an invited speaker, Dr. Rosalind Picard, made remarks during the invited talk that needlessly singled out Chinese scholars and perpetuated harmful stereotypes, in direct violation of our Code of Conduct. We take this matter extremely seriously and do not tolerate discrimination on any basis, including national origin, ethnicity, or race. While we strive to uphold the highest standards of mutual respect across our diverse community, this incident fell short of our core principles, and we take full responsibility for addressing it. We have communicated our concerns directly to the invited speaker and issued an oral statement regarding this matter at the NeurIPS Town Hall. Moving forward, we plan to clearly communicate our Code of Conduct to our invited speakers and will be discussing further changes to ensure that the values in our Code of Conduct are reflected in all areas of the conference. Thank you to all who have been speaking up in support of fellow community members and working to ensure that everyone feels welcome and respected at NeurIPS. Together we can make NeurIPS a conference that reflects the best of our collective efforts and aspirations. – NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee
然后NeurIPS 又加了一个声明 https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity Our Commitment to Respect, Inclusivity, and Upholding Our Values Dear NeurIPS Community, We, the NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee, want to reaffirm our commitment to the NeurIPS Code of Conduct and its emphasis on fostering an inclusive, non-discriminatory, and respectful community. These principles have been at the heart of our efforts since our founding in 1987, and they remain vital to our success today. This year, an invited speaker, Dr. Rosalind Picard, made remarks during the invited talk that needlessly singled out Chinese scholars and perpetuated harmful stereotypes, in direct violation of our Code of Conduct. We take this matter extremely seriously and do not tolerate discrimination on any basis, including national origin, ethnicity, or race. While we strive to uphold the highest standards of mutual respect across our diverse community, this incident fell short of our core principles, and we take full responsibility for addressing it. We have communicated our concerns directly to the invited speaker and issued an oral statement regarding this matter at the NeurIPS Town Hall. Moving forward, we plan to clearly communicate our Code of Conduct to our invited speakers and will be discussing further changes to ensure that the values in our Code of Conduct are reflected in all areas of the conference. Thank you to all who have been speaking up in support of fellow community members and working to ensure that everyone feels welcome and respected at NeurIPS. Together we can make NeurIPS a conference that reflects the best of our collective efforts and aspirations. – NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee
伦伦邓 发表于 2024-12-16 00:42 然后NeurIPS 又加了一个声明 https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity Our Commitment to Respect, Inclusivity, and Upholding Our Values Dear NeurIPS Community, We, the NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee, want to reaffirm our commitment to the NeurIPS Code of Conduct and its emphasis on fostering an inclusive, non-discriminatory, and respectful community. These principles have been at the heart of our efforts since our founding in 1987, and they remain vital to our success today. This year, an invited speaker, Dr. Rosalind Picard, made remarks during the invited talk that needlessly singled out Chinese scholars and perpetuated harmful stereotypes, in direct violation of our Code of Conduct. We take this matter extremely seriously and do not tolerate discrimination on any basis, including national origin, ethnicity, or race. While we strive to uphold the highest standards of mutual respect across our diverse community, this incident fell short of our core principles, and we take full responsibility for addressing it. We have communicated our concerns directly to the invited speaker and issued an oral statement regarding this matter at the NeurIPS Town Hall. Moving forward, we plan to clearly communicate our Code of Conduct to our invited speakers and will be discussing further changes to ensure that the values in our Code of Conduct are reflected in all areas of the conference. Thank you to all who have been speaking up in support of fellow community members and working to ensure that everyone feels welcome and respected at NeurIPS. Together we can make NeurIPS a conference that reflects the best of our collective efforts and aspirations. – NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee
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NeurIPS: An apology and commitment to moving forward
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by Rosalind W. Picard
Dec. 14, 2024
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Rosalind W. Picard
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology
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During my keynote presentation at NeurIPS, I shared a story in which I mentioned nationality—a detail that I regret including. I see that this was unnecessary, irrelevant to the point I was making, and caused unintended negative associations. I apologize for doing this and feel very badly about the distress that this incident has caused. I am learning from this experience, and I welcome ideas for how to try to make amends to the community.
I strongly believe that the practical and ethical questions posed by Generative AI impact us all. Working across national and cultural boundaries, I am hopeful we can solve them together.
Sincerely,
Dr. Rosalind W. Picard
Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology
MIT Media Lab
然后NeurIPS 又加了一个声明
https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity
Our Commitment to Respect, Inclusivity, and Upholding Our Values Dear NeurIPS Community, We, the NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee, want to reaffirm our commitment to the NeurIPS Code of Conduct and its emphasis on fostering an inclusive, non-discriminatory, and respectful community. These principles have been at the heart of our efforts since our founding in 1987, and they remain vital to our success today. This year, an invited speaker, Dr. Rosalind Picard, made remarks during the invited talk that needlessly singled out Chinese scholars and perpetuated harmful stereotypes, in direct violation of our Code of Conduct. We take this matter extremely seriously and do not tolerate discrimination on any basis, including national origin, ethnicity, or race. While we strive to uphold the highest standards of mutual respect across our diverse community, this incident fell short of our core principles, and we take full responsibility for addressing it. We have communicated our concerns directly to the invited speaker and issued an oral statement regarding this matter at the NeurIPS Town Hall. Moving forward, we plan to clearly communicate our Code of Conduct to our invited speakers and will be discussing further changes to ensure that the values in our Code of Conduct are reflected in all areas of the conference. Thank you to all who have been speaking up in support of fellow community members and working to ensure that everyone feels welcome and respected at NeurIPS. Together we can make NeurIPS a conference that reflects the best of our collective efforts and aspirations. – NeurIPS Board and 2024 Organizing Committee
还是有点用。虽然我们都知道她心里没有想道歉，道歉文因此当然也是避实就虚。
之所以有用，是因为这个气焰如果不被压制，就会有人猴子学样。
这就是为什么那个发言的中国女生得到那么多人称赞的原因。
本质上人跟动物是类似的，如果干一件事情得了甜头，就会一直干；如果一个人干了一件事吃了瘪，或者看到别人干这件事吃了瘪，这个人就会知道这件事不要去干。跟家里的猫狗是类似的。
这个道歉文让那些想学样的猴子们看了，猴子们下次会犹豫一下要不要干类似的事。
怎么会没教过？而且对罪的惩罚比美国的大。我倒是觉得美国现在各种罪都不是罪才应该反省呢。
没有？？？！！ 我们中小学时这方面抓得很严，抄袭都是0分，请家长。 请不要以偏概全。
那是你父母没有教吧。学校里一直都有思想品德课啊。而且德智体美劳，德都是排第一的。
Ethical problem is not crime. Name a class that teaches ethics in school in China.
说啥呢， 中国古代科举作弊要杀头的，最低也是坐牢或者终身禁考。
高考你能作弊吗？ 还是中考能作弊？ 还是你在国内期中期末都可以作弊了？别说作弊了， 开卷考试和用计算器都不被允许、 如果能作弊， 我们从小到大那些排名有什么用？ 为何不是全员清华北大？ 如果可以作弊， 清华北大每年系里因为考试不及格不能毕业或者留级的学生， 他们是上大学以后退化了连作弊都不会了？
你说国内搞爱党爱国我同意，但你说国内不教ethics? 呵呵呵，我只能说你大概觉得美国的💩都是香的吧。
纳尼？
少来personal attack.只会显得自己low 说说看德育教的是什么，具体的
国内教肯定是教的，我们小时候教的很严格的。。但是在国外名声不好也是真的，参见隔壁申请大学中介包装 QB楼。 我们抗议这个教授的同时也得控诉一下这些害群之马。
重写！
那上了大学以后抄袭成风，有机会就作假，也是事实吧
记得MIT有几年不直接从国内招学生，因为发现以前招的学生材料夸大作假
我记得前一阵有一堆名流的孩子因为申请大学作弊被退学， 还有老外教练卖体育生名额的， 虽然其中也有两个中国学生， 但大多数都是老美， 那个医药公司的斯坦福女骗子是老美， 前两天有两个斯坦福学生抄袭清华代码的是印度人，哈佛论文用别人原文不引用（ 视为抄袭）被开除的校长是非裔， 之前有个贝尔实验室专门变数据画图发了无数篇pns 后来两个图一样被发现的是欧洲人 ， 前几年有个发nature被发现无法重复实验一作自杀的是日本人,好笑的是这篇文章是挂靠了一个哈佛系主任当通讯作者才能发的， 这个哈佛的辞职了， 他挂这种名本来就是学术不端， 所以作弊哪国都存在的， 而近些年来科研界最大的抄袭丑闻好像都是别的国家的，说中国抄袭本来就是带着歧视的
说到跳舞比赛， dance moms 很有名的， 一堆跳舞特别好的妈妈孩子一起真人秀， 基本没有华人参加的，她们去一个舞蹈比赛还因为录像， 整个节目所有人被ban 了。 其实现在大赛只要一个人花小几十块钱基本就包录像和照片了， 照得效果比自己手机清晰多了不说， 那个花费连个集体舞的报名费都不到。
W我们都有教，你上的什么学，你道德低不要赖到教育上
MIT的教授能蠢到看不出自己那个slide会cause negative associations?? 明明就是故意的好不好？
之前有人分享了投诉link： 举报渠道：https://idhr.mit.edu/submitincidentreport 被举报人：Rosalind Picard
我觉得还可以给她的直接领导发邮件。这种行为必须有consequences。这个是她那个lab的director：https://www.media.mit.edu/people/dnewman/ 出了这样的事，整个Lab都应该强制DEI training。
你们小学初中高中考试允许作弊吗？ 不允许作弊就0分甚至通报批评不就是教你ethics吗？ 那你觉得怎么是教？
她为何还要去开会？
擦，这白婆子对中国带着滤镜的贬低是处心积虑啊。
大家应该去投诉这老婊子
有专门的课吗？除了考试作弊还教什么？教论文和申请材料不能做假吗？ 国内现在的小学生，做各种莫名其妙超出自己水平的项目，很多都是家长做的，大家心知肚明，这又算什么？
小学有思想品德课呀，党的内容有，但道德准则的东东都有教的。 有我这么认真的回答的吗。
老中从来不缺傻 x, 不信你去照镜子
重新分享那位女生的发言。值得更多人向她学习！
MIT教授演讲歧视中国留学生，有妹子拿起话筒霸气反击（视频图）
https://huaren.us/showtopic.html?topicid=3071138&postid=103154968#103154968
我自己在就国内教过书，虽然很短，但是学生作弊，抓的很严 一个比较调皮捣蛋的男孩，一个比较复杂的问题，他写了一个答案“1” 这个答案是对的，但是，看他的过程，不可能得出这个答案 我看到后，一句话没有问，先训为什么作弊？ 最后，这个男孩说，凡事他不会做的题，一律写“1‘
这还不是考试，就是一次平常作业而已 这个什么EMilia，自恨到这种程度，少见啊！！
我们这儿农村里，以前民风比较彪悍，以前打架是常事，打架坐牢，不觉得是一件丢人的事；但是，要是瞓小偷坐牢，那是一辈子被人瞧不起的
这种谩骂还是少一点吧。发泄的心情可以理解，但是上不了台面，除了发泄，有什么意义呢？写满了四个字，弱者心态，然并卵。想想如果会议上小姑娘用这种语气对话，是什么效果？如果你用这种话语去投诉，是这么效果？小姑娘是强者，因为她用正确的方式打开并完成，才是我们学习的榜样。
麻痹的，自恨外发你那个疙瘩出来的？从小到大，学校里作弊都是开除的好吧
在加一条，自恨党的爷爷奶奶们都是20岁就被党迫害死的
那是你家庭教育的缺失，尊老爱幼，做人诚实，扶贫帮困，哪个没教？而且教育是个广泛的课题，家庭教育，学校教育，社会教育都让人学会成长。 前几年曝光出来的老美有钱人买通体育教练，给孩子上大学作弊的，如果老美学校里都教这些道德的东西，这些人又是谁教的？还有呢，美国学校里一堆吸毒的，很多都有mental health issue。 你要说一群人里，总有几个作弊的，那无可厚非，中国学生肯定有，但是老美也有。大家说的是什么，是不该故意在slides里特意强调chinese student，她怎么不敢提black student，muslim student，latino student，她要那么说的话，受到的批评和惩罚绝对比现在的大，只不过说chinese，最终只会云淡风轻的过去罢了。
我到现在还记得一年级学的第一首歌就是我在马路边拾到一分钱，交到警察叔叔手里面….你不会连一年级都没上过吧，能打这么多字还挺牛的
你申请的时候至少已经高中毕业了甚至大学毕业， 申请不能作假还要开门课教你吗？ 国内也没单独开门课说不许偷窃抢劫杀人， 你意思是国内可以杀人？ 那美国这么多零元购的难道是因为那些人不知道抢劫犯法？
国内根本也不会开课鼓励申请出国， 高考不能作弊你懂的吧。
国内一考定终身， 更没听说过几个成人前就写paper的，现在国内三流学校都用查重软件发paper的， 连娱乐明星写个论文查重率高被网友扒出来都被封杀的，你自己不知道任何事情都不能作弊， 没有拎出来开课的你就默认为允许作弊， 那是你的事， 不要用你自己的无知和不懂举一反三代表整个中国人
还name a class.看得要吐了……那你name a class that doesn’t teach ethics?
前面就有人举例了无数其他族裔更严重的例子，装眼瞎？孤例不证不懂？个人问题上升群里层面就是歧视加眼瞎
自己没有家教不要代表别人
如果还可以Downvote的话，你这个要第一名，我们的教育显然是严惩作弊的，你小学中学能随意抄同学作业，期末考试带小抄，甚至抄同学的不被惩罚么？如果有你告诉我是哪个学校
我们不太重视的是引用，这个可以商榷，古文本来就是各种引用但是都是暗的，专门看你的水平能不能懂那个，你知道宋代的诗“抄袭”模仿了多少李商隐的作品么，都不引用，但是就是这样你可以说是规矩而已
ethics古代的科举各种机制来保证公平，去读读书吧就能涨见识
又来一个岛上反串的，在大陆长大的，睁眼编不出来这么瞎的瞎话
我是97届的，那时候我们学校就是考试作弊被抓必退学了。 我同寝室的朋友，4级考试作弊被抓，上午被抓中午退学通知就贴出来了，他爸是外地的厅级，当天飞过来说情也没用
你说的是这里的intel科学奖这种么？还有你说的抄袭是stanford的这几位吗，你不是说美国教的很好吗？
https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/1d75jns/3_stanford_undergrads_plagiarized_then_publicized/?rdt=36616
看到大家都在喷你我也就放心了，也不知道脑子是怎么长的还在给种族歧视的老karen 洗地，是有多自恨啊
我单纯来赞👍你头像的
说说看， “美国的学校一直有的”, 有什么？ 小学，中学，大学，各举一课程或要求。
她初中以后就没上了，所以不清楚也可以理解。
你没事吧。从小学到大学考试作弊要被学校记处分啊。
是。不过关键词都有了 算真道歉 。
这个道歉是出于仕途考虑被逼无奈的说辞，华人不要当真了。
除非能找出其它不合适的言论或者学术造假也只能这样了吧。最多要求！NeurIPS下架她的talk。 中国学生也不要去她实验室了
比上一个有诚意一些。
我发现有些老留和大妈理亏了就会开始飙英文，是啥心理
在中国从小就被教育要诚实，不能撒谎，任何作弊舞弊都会收到惩罚，哪里需要一门假惺惺的课起来学，你自己没被教过不能撒谎不要代表我们
五讲四美都有四十多年了 讲道德心灵美不都在其中么
你读的啥大学，抄袭成风？
。。。你小学没学过做人要诚实考试不作弊的道理
快来看呀 这有个 有人生 没有人 教养的 自恨 狗 快来看呀 有人生 没人养的 自恨的！！！