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There's no way this software is not inherently biased on very basic measures--a lisp caused by a disability probably wouldn't pass muster, nor would a southern
by amb23 9y ago
There's no way this software is not inherently biased on very basic measures--a lisp caused by a disability probably wouldn't pass muster, nor would a southern accent. But the real tragedy here is that it equates the way someone presents themselves--not the content of their words or the strength of their skills--with job performance. It exacerbates the worst vices of HR and hiring practices and performance reviews. It's an algorithm for superficiality.
This company should remove this product from the market immediately. How this passed off as a good idea all the way through the product development cycle is beyond me.
- notyourwork 9y ago>This company should remove this product from the market immediately. How this passed off as a good idea all the way through the product development cycle is beyond me. It sounds like you are assuming that businesses are supposed to act like a single human with ethics and a moral compass should. I agree with your conclusion but to ponder how this passed off as a good idea is silly. If I could come up with software to sell to businesses to replace a huge amount of their recruiting cost (people, time, operational cost) wouldn't I be inclined to do business with them? Consider a company global company, when you look at hiring at scale it becomes easy to justify streamlining the whole process. I still find it like a bad direction to go but what do you expect?