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3Jane11:10:41

So… remember how we talked about “using AI for recruitment”

3Jane11:10:06

Amazon built that, and then found out the usual (biased sample => shit model) problems http://uk.businessinsider.com/amazon-built-ai-to-hire-people-discriminated-against-women-2018-10

mattly14:10:30

btw, on that topic if you haven't read it, https://weaponsofmathdestructionbook.com

Conor14:10:54

I met Cathy O'Neil at a conference, she was very nice (and the podcast she used to be on for quite a while, Slate Money, is good too)

mattly14:10:36

I'm recommending it now to people alongside the classic How to Lie with Statistics as an example of what happens when you don't know what you're doing with math modeling