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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants (www.bbc.com)

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an AI resume screener had been trained on CVs of employees already at the firm, giving people extra marks if they listed "baseball" or "basketball" – hobbies that were linked to more successful staff, often men. Those who mentioned "softball" – typically women – were downgraded.

Marginalised groups often "fall through the cracks, because they have different hobbies, they went to different schools"

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[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Probably for the best. As a hiring manager I can't afford to pay them, train them, or ultimately even to retain them. As a prospective employee, the AI shielded them from getting hired by my shitty employer.

It's a win-win really, if you think about it.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Well duh. Of course the robots will eliminate the competition. How else will we get skynet?

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