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[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Almost certainly the video will be fed into a platform that determines “worker quality via microexpressions”. I know because I’ve worked closely with the software provider before. It’s obviously all pseudoscientific bullshit, but employers love that kind of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which is really just a system you can use to discriminate with plausible deniability: We didn't not hire people because of X protected characteristic; the "scientific" computer program never selected them as a quality worker.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you build your biases into a computer program, they're still your biases, even if it's not intentional.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

While I don't think that's a hot take, good luck proving that's happening without extensive legal costs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The Captain doesn't make those kinds of Oops.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do love some computerized eugenics though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Then do I know the city for you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I think if I would get this question I'm going to ask chatgpt to come up with a skit with how my life has been rainbows and peaches and see how the bots compete