{"id":2338,"date":"2019-12-22T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2019-12-22T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:06:10","slug":"recruitment-algorithms-are-infected-with-biases-ai-expert-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/recruitment-algorithms-are-infected-with-biases-ai-expert-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruitment algorithms are \u2018infected with biases\u2019, AI expert warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Ashleigh Webber <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of algorithms in \u201clife-changing\u201d decisions, such as recruitment, should be stopped immediately as they are often \u201cinfected with biases\u201d, according to an expert on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noel Sharkey, a professor of AI and robotics at the University of Sheffield, suggested that AI decision-making should be tested in the same way as new pharmaceutical drugs are evaluated before they are released to the market.<br \/> He told the Guardian: \u201cThere are so many biases happening now, from job interviews to welfare to determining who should get bail and who should go to jail. It is quite clear that we really have to stop using decision algorithm\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read More &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-personnel-today\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NXos9bmFgO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personneltoday.com\/hr\/recruitment-algorithms-often-infected-with-biases-ai-expert-warns\/\">Recruitment algorithms are &#8216;infected with biases&#8217;, AI expert warns<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Recruitment algorithms are &#8216;infected with biases&#8217;, AI expert warns&#8221; &#8212; Personnel Today\" src=\"https:\/\/www.personneltoday.com\/hr\/recruitment-algorithms-often-infected-with-biases-ai-expert-warns\/embed\/#?secret=ORp1kWdzkL#?secret=NXos9bmFgO\" data-secret=\"NXos9bmFgO\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ashleigh Webber The use of algorithms in \u201clife-changing\u201d decisions, such as recruitment, should be stopped immediately as they are often \u201cinfected with biases\u201d, according to an expert on artificial intelligence. Noel Sharkey, a professor of AI and robotics at the University of Sheffield, suggested that AI decision-making should be tested in the same way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[372,476],"tags":[309],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-recruitment","tag-ai"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/recruitment-ai.jpg?fit=635%2C357&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-BI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1130,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/how-ai-is-making-recruitment-fairer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":0},"title":"How AI is making recruitment fairer","author":"admin","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The recruitment process can be a challenging process, starting with writing the perfect job advert and ending with making the tough decision of which interviewee would be best suited to fill the position. 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