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Pedro Domingos has published an article about how to combat cancel culture.

> Beating Back Cancel Culture: A Case Study from the Field of Artificial Intelligence

https://quillette.com/2021/01/27/beating-back-cancel-culture...

TL;DR: Find your friends, Know what to expect, Don’t back down, Don’t let them make it about you, Hold the moral high ground, Mock them mercilessly, Don’t let their narrative outrun yours, Goad them into overreaching, Turn their weapons against them, Use the courts, Bring administrators around

He has had some success in dealing with Anima Anandkumar and her mob on Twitter.

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I am still in shock at what Anima Anandkumar attempted and cannot believe that she is still employed by Nvidia. It’s hard for me to view them as anything but safe harbor for aggressive totalitarian ideologues when someone like that is permitted to remain in a highly visible position. For those who aren’t familiar, Wikipedia has a brief summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_Anandkumar#Public_Contro...

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She only cooled off when Pedro sent a complaint to NVIDIA. Apparently the threat of cancelling works.

A quote from PD:

> I have reached out to @NeurIPSConf, @Caltech and @NVIDIA about curtailing @AnimaAnandkumar's disgraceful behavior. Let's see how they respond.