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My read of the HN zeitgeist on this issue is that algorithms would be objectionable even if their predictions were perfect matches to reality. This mindset is t
by quotemstr 7y ago
My read of the HN zeitgeist on this issue is that algorithms would be objectionable even if their predictions were perfect matches to reality. This mindset is totally alien to me: we're better off when we know more than less. Deliberate ignorance is an incredibly dangerous attitude to adopt. It's premodern and antiscientific.
- LorenPechtel 7y agoI disagree. The problem is that the skills to get hired are very different than the skills to do the job. I'm reminded of a thing I read about not too long ago--an organization trying to help those who had stumbled in life to get hired. They had a guy who seemed qualified but nobody would hire him. They tried asking a company to give him a practical test before an interview--then didn't hear back about the interview. A followup call revealed they had hired him on the spot based on the practical test.