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Discussion on: The Future (of AI) is Female: How Hiring Bias Mitigation in NLP Can Be Great for Women Now and in the Future

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Nico S___

The problem is not wanting to have 50-50 of men-women, or even equal distribution of ethnicities. The problem, amongst others, is that nowadays many companies, recruiting firms, and HR departments are using AI algorithms to screen job applicants, give them a score, and decide whether or not to move in the recruitment process. As described here in the article the case of Amazon, and others that keep showing up, these algorithms are heavily biased, and will score women or non-whites lower, and also recommend lower salaries. Because thats that the data used to train those models say.