Experts at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCCP) are warning about the potential for automated technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), used in the workplace for hiring and human resource functions to accelerate discrimination.
Wilneida Negrón, Director of Policy and Research at worker organizing platform Coworker.org, recently explained the kinds of automatic technologies being used in the workplace, like video screening tools and AI that analyze things like “facial movements to make assessments about candidates; automated sourcing and recruitment platforms that use public data to make predictions about competencies and chatbots that screen potential applicants.”
The federal agencies hosted a September 13 virtual roundtable on the issue with external stakeholders to discuss “the civil rights implications of the use of automated technology systems, including artificial intelligence, in the recruitment and hiring of workers.” The virtual event was part of the agencies’ joint HIRE Initiative and the EEOC’s AI and Algorithmic Fairness Initiative.
The agencies issued a joint statement on the vent that detailed concerns and implications of AI and algorithmic technology in the workplace:
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Wilneida Negrón, Director of Policy and Research at worker organizing platform Coworker.org, recently explained the kinds of automatic technologies being used in the workplace, like video screening tools and AI that analyze things like “facial movements to make assessments about candidates; automated sourcing and recruitment platforms that use public data to make predictions about competencies and chatbots that screen potential applicants.”
The federal agencies hosted a September 13 virtual roundtable on the issue with external stakeholders to discuss “the civil rights implications of the use of automated technology systems, including artificial intelligence, in the recruitment and hiring of workers.” The virtual event was part of the agencies’ joint HIRE Initiative and the EEOC’s AI and Algorithmic Fairness Initiative.
The agencies issued a joint statement on the vent that detailed concerns and implications of AI and algorithmic technology in the workplace:
Continue reading: https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2022/09/20/does-artificial-intelligence-have-a-place-in-hiring/
