>Amazon edited the programs to make them neutral to these particular terms. But that was no guarantee that the machines would not devise other ways of sorting c

>Amazon edited the programs to make them neutral to these particular terms. But that was no guarantee that the machines would not devise other ways of sorting candidates that could prove discriminatory, the people said. If you've ever trained a NN, you'll know that they are exceedingly clever in finding patterns that fit what you're training for. You can remove the word "women's" and other obvious things from being considered, but I promise you, if there's another non-obvious patterns that are more likely to apply to the women candidates, the AI will find them and use them.