That’s a lot of signatories. Is pearl clutching a part of AI-Researcher culture?
Ah yes a pompous letter where we list all of our impressive formal accomplishments will surely get these rubes to take their hands off of our toys
The "cancellation" attempt was a good try, though. Really made me worried.
What reasons do you mean?
> The guy was the driver behind many initiatives, but on a personal level I'd no longer want to meet him.
What made you feel this way, exactly?
There has been some easy to find coverage of all the recent controversies. This video [0] is a decent starting point, but it's really easy to find relevant information by plugging in a few keywords into any search engine.
Overall, he's not a good fit in a leadership position given what others have been seeing. I don't care enough to call for him to be cancelled, but I would support removal from any public speaking position at the FSF. If they can find someone equally hardline on software freedoms but more acceptable in interpersonal interactions, he should go immediately.
> What made you feel this way, exactly?
There wasn't any single thing that threw me off (except maybe personal hygiene habits), but the sum of everything that's going on, crossed my "this is OK" threshold.
There aren't any particular reasons for his cancellation, and you're just jumping on the cancellation bandwagon?
Why would you do that? If I were advocating destruction of someone's legacy and decades-long work, I'd be sure to find some pretty damn good reasons.