an AI resume screener had been trained on CVs of employees already at the firm, giving people extra marks if they listed “baseball” or “basketball” – hobbies that were linked to more successful staff, often men. Those who mentioned “softball” – typically women – were downgraded.

Marginalised groups often “fall through the cracks, because they have different hobbies, they went to different schools”

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      Being recorded and interacting with someone in person are hugely different. Even

      First of all, a person would give nonverbal feedback.

      Secondly, there is all manner of body language that could be used for emphasis that doesn’t make sense doing to a camera.

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