Artificial Xenophobia
The resumé screening apps used by a large majority of US employers are trained on public data sets. Consequently, they are demonstrably and quantifiably sexist, racist, homophobic, Anti-Semitic, more, and worse. They are the codification of some of humanity's most destructive faults, and they are the first barrier anyone who wants a grownup job must cross. They're the most energetic, competent, relentless bigots the world has ever seen, committing the most heinous sorts of discrimination with a thoroughness and accuracy that's the stuff of a Klansman's wet dreams.
And every company using them is in direct, flagrant violation of a host of U.S. federal and state fair employment statutes. The speed, scale, and stealth of the assault is as devastating as it is breathtaking.
If ignorance of the law is no excuse, neither is ignorance regarding your AI. Every last one of those companies should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and the perpetrators behind the production of the software given prison terms. The production of some software must be regulated and monitored, and the costs of doing so must be paid by the producers. "To encourage the others."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
