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What is missing and would make it clearer where things fall is the email from Timnit to Jeff.

Then the language used by Timnit could analyzed and reasoned through to determine if it counts as a formal offer to resign or not.

I not jumping on any bandwagons without at least that or equivalent.



>I not jumping on any bandwagons without at least that or equivalent.

Which is exactly why she has refrained from releasing it throughout this whole drama: plausible deniability.


> Which is exactly why she has refrained from releasing it throughout this whole drama: plausible deniability.

I do not think there is evidence for that. It is normal to remove employee access to email if they are leaving so it is unlikely Timnit would have access to the email to share.

Timnit says says she has been cut off from her corp account as well: https://twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/1334364734418726912




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