As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.

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”

    • bane_killgrind
      2•10 months ago

      Being recorded and interacting with someone in person are hugely different. Even

      First of all, a person would give nonverbal feedback.

      Secondly, there is all manner of body language that could be used for emphasis that doesn’t make sense doing to a camera.