Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 hours agoThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"lemmy.mlimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1395file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1395imageThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"lemmy.mlArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 hours agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38830374 tweet economist article archive.is paywall bypass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology excerpts of economist article: […]
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days ago I think their stupid angle is “it’s not unfair because what if this time it really worked though!” I think their angle is “its not unfair because the computer says it!”. automated bias. offloading liability to an AI.
![The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/14f5a0b4-82b6-498d-a689-36c2824dd296.png){kind=link}
I think their angle is “its not unfair because the computer says it!”. automated bias. offloading liability to an AI.