Mar 30, 2016 05:38 AM
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-third...robot-boss
EXCERPT: “Cognitive bias, which is a very human condition, can make our jobs quite tough,” said Nikolas Badminton, a Canadian futurist and biohacker who helped write the survey questions. “Some people, like HR people and managers, kind of need to get out of the way so a better job can get done.”
According to the survey, 31 percent of Canadians aged 20 to 39 agreed that an “unbiased” computer program would be more ethical and trustworthy than a human boss. Thirty-four percent said they would rather be hired by an “unbiased” computer program, 33 percent would prefer to be assessed, and twenty six percent said they would prefer to be managed by a robot.
[...] remember, Canadians were asked if they would trust an “unbiased” computer program, which, I mean, of course you would. The better question is if a computer program can ever be unbiased in the first place. After all, humans make computers, and humans are full of all sorts of ugly preconceptions about the world....
EXCERPT: “Cognitive bias, which is a very human condition, can make our jobs quite tough,” said Nikolas Badminton, a Canadian futurist and biohacker who helped write the survey questions. “Some people, like HR people and managers, kind of need to get out of the way so a better job can get done.”
According to the survey, 31 percent of Canadians aged 20 to 39 agreed that an “unbiased” computer program would be more ethical and trustworthy than a human boss. Thirty-four percent said they would rather be hired by an “unbiased” computer program, 33 percent would prefer to be assessed, and twenty six percent said they would prefer to be managed by a robot.
[...] remember, Canadians were asked if they would trust an “unbiased” computer program, which, I mean, of course you would. The better question is if a computer program can ever be unbiased in the first place. After all, humans make computers, and humans are full of all sorts of ugly preconceptions about the world....