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Why not just hire the most fit candidates regardless of their gender and be done with it? Short answer, because you aren't actually capable of identifying them
by ska 8y ago
Why not just hire the most fit candidates regardless of their gender and be done with it?
Short answer, because you aren't actually capable of identifying them.
Longer: mostly because there is real value in team diversity, and it's almost impossible to remove your decision biases without actively addressing them. So if you identify a potential bias, it's not crazy to try and do something about it and see how that works for you.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoThere is a very real and pragmatic application for this very thing, specifically in AI work as identified by Fei-Fei Li: https://www.wired.com/story/fei-fei-li-artificial-intelligence-humanity/ https://www.wired.com/story/fei-fei-li-artificial-intelligen... edit: my phrasing wasn't very clear. I mean for having a team from a diverse makeup.