Nope, it just makes them worse
Lindsay Clark Tue 15 Dec 2020 // 18:07 UTC Share
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RoTM AI and automation in the workplace risk creating new forms of bias and unfairness, worsening inequalities in the world of work, according to a UK think tank report published today.
The result of two years of research, the Fabian Society paper Sharing the future: workers and technology in the 2020s said that automating technologies creates heightened risks for historically disadvantaged groups.
Among other evidence, it cited machine-learning algorithms that inform recruitment decisions based on outdated and discriminatory data. Algorithms and AI are being used to make life-changing decisions about recruitment and progression in the workplace, replicating the kinds of biases that plague human decision-making, the authors said.