Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women | Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's AMZN.O machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants’ resumes with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar with the effort told Reuters. Automation has been key to Amazon’s e-commerce domin

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"models were trained to vet applicants by observing patterns in resumes submitted to the company over a 10-year period. Most came from men, a reflection of male dominance across the tech industry. "

[sysop]

アマゾンの採用AIが女性嫌いのため開発を中止/目的変数が男性に偏ってるんだしーみたいな話になりそうだけど、いや？でもこのご時世で説明変数に性別入れるか？いれないよな？

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http://developer.cybozu.co.jp/akky/2018/10/amazon-stopped-machine-learning-cv-rating/