From the birth of computing to Amazon : why tech’s gender problem is nothing new
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/11/tech-gender-problem-amazon-facebook-bias-women
Decades after women were pushed out of programming, Amazon’s AI recruiting technology carried on the industry’s legacy of bias A recent report revealed Amazon’s AI recruiting technology developed a bias against women because it was trained predominantly on men’s resumes. Although Amazon shut the project down, this kind of mechanized sexism is common and growing – and the problem isn’t limited to AI mishaps. Facebook allows the targeting of job ads by gender, resulting in discrimination in (...)
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