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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
February 25, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work

Tagged
emotion, Facial expression, HireVue, Hiring, Law of the Instrument}

Are Facial Expressions a Clear, Simple Basis for Hiring Decisions?

_{Marketing AI to employers to analyze facial expressions ignores the fact that correlation is NOT causation} _{Brendan Dixon

February 25, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work}

Have you heard of the Law of the Instrument? It just means, to quote one formulation, “He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.” All any given problem needs is a good pounding. This is a risk with AI, as with amateur carpentry. But with AI, it can get you into more serious trouble. Take hiring, for instance.

Pro Tips for Hiring the Best Computer Programmers

_{It’s easier when we stop to think about how programming differs from other jobs} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 3, 2020

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Programming, Work}

Hiring a programmer is different because you are rarely looking for a fixed set of skills. Nearly everything the programmer does is an invention. The thing you are usually hiring the programmer for is not a fixed task but the ability to adapt to whatever is coming up next. For example, twelve years ago, nobody knew the degree to which mobile phones would run our businesses. The idea of hiring mobile developers was unheard of.

Can We Outsource Hiring Decisions to AI and Go for Coffee Now?

_{I would have fired any of my hiring managers who demonstrated characteristic AI traits immediately. So why do we tolerate it coming from a machine?} _{Brendan Dixon

January 16, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Work}

With historically low unemployment, employers are tempted to reduce costs and speed up the process using artificial intelligence (AI) systems. These systems might help but, for best results, let’s have a look at the problems they can’t solve and some that they might create.