Archived Amazon built an AI to hire people, but reportedly had to shut it down because it was discriminating against women (24usa.net)
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Archived Amazon built an AI to hire people, but reportedly had to shut it down because it was discriminating against women (24usa.net)
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[–] anamazonslittle 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
"When all you've known is privilege, equality feels like oppression."
Hey, look, AIHIREBOT chose the best candidates, and now there's a bunch of white men working here.
[–] zubr 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
basic pattern recognition is racist and sexist
[–] vastrightwing ago
Reality is by nature racist and sexist.
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[–] tastywhitemeat 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The headlines would say "Best AI Ever Overwhelmingly Prefers Women Over Men".
[–] Mumbleberry 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago (edited ago)
ATTN @Cynabuns Obvious upvote manipulation.
[–] Fatgirl9852 ago
Maybe it was on man-u-all ?🤣🤣🤣sorry just some humor
[–] issueninja ago
I've lived to see it!
The day when computers are smarter and have more common sense than humans.
[–] Garbalon ago
We're going to see more of this. They tell inconvenient truths.
[–] vastrightwing ago
Sure. AI only can use metrics and rates people based on metrics. How else can it work? If they bias the algorithm against men, the AI would quickly learn being a female is not a suitable metric. The AI feels no guilt so it can't be made to overcome reality.