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April 25, 2021
On qualifications rather than ability. i have a history in hospitality, which has obviously been hard—hit with covid, and so i spent a good few months searching and applying for hundreds ofjobs, with no success. so she joined a scheme that as part of the recruitment process uses al to gamify the assessment of someones personality and behaviour traits, to match them to a job that would really suit them. the last question i remember vividly — we had to try and crack the code, so there would be...
April 25, 2021
So i tried doing that as well, just to be able to see if i could be able to assist the camera to take the photograph of me properly, or upload it properly. cat, who works as a technologist, knew that what shed experienced was an ongoing issue, and tweeted about it. im glad that the response did go out because it obviously showed that there had been a problem there, detecting that with especially ethnic minorities. two years on, ethnic minorities still face similar issues. the home office says: h...
April 25, 2021
Sometimes a favourite gold wallpaper, are we going to get the gold wallpaper gate here at family —— that finally brings down the government. it does nothing to instill confidence in public life. borisjohnson instill confidence in public life. boris johnson says instill confidence in public life. borisjohnson says people do not give a monkeys about it but i think they do because it undermines trust in the system, and that is vital. lets move on to what might happen injune, we have the date of...
April 25, 2021
22—year—old jess, who left school after her gcses, feels that the skills that she has are being missed injob interviews, as there is too much focus on qualifications rather than ability. i have a history in hospitality, which has obviously been hard—hit with covid, and so i spent a good few months searching and applying for hundreds ofjobs, with no success. so she joined a scheme that as part of the recruitment process uses al to gamify the assessment of someone�*s personality and behavi...
April 25, 2021
Arguing _ dingell, they have been consistently arguing that lockdowns are not goods. — arguing that lockdowns are not goods, and we should not be moving into lockdown so quickly and theyve been arguing for lifting restrictions throughout. this is the consistent— restrictions throughout. this is the consistent message from them. one part of— consistent message from them. one part of their— consistent message from them. one part of their letter i thought, realty? — part of their letter i...
April 25, 2021
Scientists develop minuscule structures, complete with rotors and hinges, injust minutes. looks like that tech�*s taking off. aint i a woman? face by face... earlier in the programme we saw how algorithmic bias is our impacting peoples lives in a very real way. joy buolamwini is an ai researcher at mit, and she spent the last four years trying to raise awareness of the social implications and harms of ai. as i make whimsical systems to paint walls with our smiles or project inspirations on fac...
April 25, 2021
Through more traditional means of interviewing. i also tried the process myself to see how it feels. "so skyrise corporation is advertising their office spaces to potential companies that are visiting the building. you must inflate 45 balloons for their event taking place later today." i reckon i can get three. oh, no... theyre not the same size. as well as testing your logic, it is a game of risk, showing how averse you are to it. something there isnt a right or wrong answer to, itjust shows th...
April 25, 2021
It is actually about individuals or software companies that are putting out software that is not ready for the mass market. that was cat hallam. now, facial recognition is powered by artificial intelligence, a technology — possibly the technology — which is going to impact our lives more than any other in the next decade. it will underpin the self—driving cars that need to recognise pedestrians, the decisions that officers will take when policing our streets, the selection ofjobs that we m...
April 25, 2021
There is a broad spectrum of people with various skin tones, ranging from very light individuals who are from an ethnic minority background to people who are very, very dark skinned, and that needs to be taken into consideration. it is actually about individuals or software companies that are putting out software that is not ready for the mass market. that was cat hallam. now, facial recognition is powered by artificial intelligence, a technology — possibly the technology — which is going to...
April 25, 2021
And how do you follow a helicopter on mars? with a dna robot shaped like an aeroplane. where previously it took days to design these tiny devices, new software has helped scientists develop minuscule structures, complete with rotors and hinges, injust minutes. looks like that techs taking off. aint i a woman? face by face... earlier in the programme we saw how algorithmic bias is our impacting peoples lives in a very real way. joy buolamwini is an ai researcher at mit, and she spent the last fou...