Re:Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias ...
by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @12:38PM
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Two comments:
1. The issue is certainly bigger than hiring. In the many years between birth and looking for a job, there are a lot of societal pressures that will impact what eventual careers people end up in.
2. Hiring managers are people. They are not perfect. They have biases. If someone expects an engineer to look, talk, and act a certain way, that can impact their decision making completely independent of the fact that they want to hire the best people for their company.
Bonus third point: I still see a whole lot of "We want to make sure that the hire fits on the team." This is completely natural, and comes with its own set of built-in biases.
1. The issue is certainly bigger than hiring. In the many years between birth and looking for a job, there are a lot of societal pressures that will impact what eventual careers people end up in.
2. Hiring managers are people. They are not perfect. They have biases. If someone expects an engineer to look, talk, and act a certain way, that can impact their decision making completely independent of the fact that they want to hire the best people for their company.
Bonus third point: I still see a whole lot of "We want to make sure that the hire fits on the team." This is completely natural, and comes with its own set of built-in biases.