Oct 10, 2018 04:34 PM
(This post was last modified: Oct 10, 2018 04:35 PM by C C.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45809919
EXCERPT: An algorithm that was being tested as a recruitment tool by online giant Amazon was sexist and had to be scrapped, according to a Reuters report. The artificial intelligence system was trained on data submitted by applicants over a 10-year period, much of which came from men, it claimed. Reuters was told by members of the team working on it that the system effectively taught itself that male candidates were preferable.
[...] By 2015, it was clear that the system was not rating candidates in a gender-neutral way because it was built on data accumulated from CVs submitted to the firm mostly from males, Reuters claimed. The system started to penalise CVs which included the word "women". The program was edited to make it neutral to the term but it became clear that the system could not be relied upon, Reuters was told. The project was abandoned, although Reuters said that it was used for a period by recruiters who looked at the recommendations generated by the toll but never relied solely on it....
MORE: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45809919
EXCERPT: An algorithm that was being tested as a recruitment tool by online giant Amazon was sexist and had to be scrapped, according to a Reuters report. The artificial intelligence system was trained on data submitted by applicants over a 10-year period, much of which came from men, it claimed. Reuters was told by members of the team working on it that the system effectively taught itself that male candidates were preferable.
[...] By 2015, it was clear that the system was not rating candidates in a gender-neutral way because it was built on data accumulated from CVs submitted to the firm mostly from males, Reuters claimed. The system started to penalise CVs which included the word "women". The program was edited to make it neutral to the term but it became clear that the system could not be relied upon, Reuters was told. The project was abandoned, although Reuters said that it was used for a period by recruiters who looked at the recommendations generated by the toll but never relied solely on it....
MORE: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45809919
