Women believe AI reduces bias in recruitment process – but does it?

A recent study showed that women prefer AI assessors in recruitment, but perhaps they just prefer them over men.
AI can piece together information to discriminate applicants based on gender and women are likely to suffer. Two brown hexagon mirrors held up to a face, half obscuring it.

The Monash Business School recently shared some surprising research that found women believe artificial intelligence (AI) assessments reduce bias in the job recruitment process, while men fear it removes an advantage.

Women were consistently scored lower than men when recruiters knew the gender of the applicant, but this bias was removed both when the gender was hidden, and when recruiters had access to the AI score.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_