Mondragon is the head psychologist at Hirevue, a company that offers software that screens job candidates using algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI). “We break the answers people give down into many thousands of data points, into verbal and non-verbal cues,” says Mondragon. Beyond the often bewildering and dehumanising experience lurk the concerns that attend automation and AI, which draws on data that’s often been shaped by inequality. It’s impossible to predict how many people will be put off looking for a job by the new realities of the hiring process. Even amongst the groups where automated hiring is seen as the biggest success, there is some apprehension.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2018 07:52 UTC