The AI Bias Trap: Can HR Tech Ensure Fair Hiring?
In 2018, Amazon scrapped an AI recruitment tool after discovering it systematically downgraded resumes containing the word “women’s” (e.g., “women’s chess club captain”) and penalized graduates from all-female colleges. This incident epitomizes a critical paradox: Can machines designed to eliminate human bias instead become architects of institutionalized discrimination? The Promise: AI as a Bias CorrectorProponents…