▲ 170 ▼ In NYC, companies will have to prove their AI hiring software isn't sexist or racist (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 3 years ago by Odusei@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments AI-infused hiring programs have drawn scrutiny, most notably over whether they end up exhibiting biases based on the data they’re trained on.
[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unequal outcomes isn’t evidence of bias. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not inherently, but things can be tested. If you have a bunch of otherwise identical résumés, with the only difference being the racial connotation of the name, and the AI gives significantly different results, there's an identifiable problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JasSmith@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago That makes sense: empirical tests of the AI as you describe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not inherently, but things can be tested. If you have a bunch of otherwise identical résumés, with the only difference being the racial connotation of the name, and the AI gives significantly different results, there's an identifiable problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JasSmith@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago That makes sense: empirical tests of the AI as you describe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago That makes sense: empirical tests of the AI as you describe. permalink fedilink source parent