Comment by rosmax_1337
1 year ago
Why is a "lack of diversity" a problem? Do different races have different attributes which complement each other on a team?
1 year ago
Why is a "lack of diversity" a problem? Do different races have different attributes which complement each other on a team?
Yep, people from different backgrounds bring different experiences and perspectives, which complement each other and make products more useful for more people. Race and gender are two characteristics that lead to pretty different lived experiences, so having team members who can represent those experiences matters.
Does this mean that teams consisting of mainly brown and black members should actively seek out white members, rejecting black and brown potential members?
> people from different backgrounds bring different experiences and perspectives, which complement each other and make products more useful for more people.
Clearly not in this case, so it comes into question how right you think you are.
What is the racial and sexual makeup of the team that developed this system prompt? Should we disqualify any future attempt at that same racial and sexual makeup of team to be made again?
> Race and gender are two characteristics that lead to pretty different lived experiences, so having team members who can represent those experiences matters.
They matter so much, everything else is devalued?
> Do different races have different attributes which complement each other on a team?
Actually, no. In reality diversity is hindering progress since humans are not far from apes and really like inclusivity and tribalism. We sure do like to pretend it does tho.
Amazon considers an ethnicly homogenous workforce as a unionization threat. Ethnic diversity is seen as reducing the risk of unionization because diverse workers have a harder time relating to each other.
I think this partially explains why corporations are so keen on diversity. The other part is decision makers in the corporation being true believers in the virtue of diversity. These complement each other; the best people to drive cynically motivated diversity agendas are people who really do believe they're doing the right thing.
By that argument, developing countries aren't very diverse at all, which is why they aren't doing as well.