quote:Today, EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC alleging that recruiting company HireVue has committed unfair and deceptive practices in violation of the FTC Act. EPIC charged that HireVue falsely denies it uses facial recognition. EPIC also said the company failed to comply with baseline standards for AI decision-making, such as the OECD AI Principles and the Universal Guidelines for AI. The company purports to evaluate a job applicant's qualifications based upon their appearance by means of an opaque, proprietary algorithm.
quote:HireVue, a leading provider of software for vetting job candidates based on an algorithmic assessment, said Tuesday it is killing off a controversial feature of its software: analyzing a person’s facial expressions in a video to discern certain characteristics. Job seekers screened by HireVue sit in front of a webcam and answer questions. Their behavior, intonation, and speech is fed to an algorithm that assigns certain traits and qualities. HireVue says that an “algorithmic audit” of its software conducted last year shows it does not harbor bias. But the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center had filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission in 2019. HireVue CEO Kevin Parker acknowledges that public outcry over the use of software to analyze facial expressions in video was part of the calculation. “It was adding some value for customers, but it wasn’t worth the concern,” he says. “I am surprised they are dropping this, as it was a keystone feature of the product they were marketing,” says John Davisson, senior counsel at EPIC. “That is the source of a lot of concerns around biometric data collection, as well as these bold claims about being able to measure psychological traits, emotional intelligence, social attitudes, and things like that.” The use of facial analysis to determine emotion or personality traits is controversial; some experts warn that the underlying science is flawed.EPIC’s FTC complaint accused HireView of failing to guarantee fairness and of using algorithms that cannot be vetted. It also accused the company of misrepresenting its technology by claiming not to use facial recognition. Davisson says the agency has not yet acted on the complaint.
EMP mine. Sure, not creepy at all. Nopenopenope... This scene from Elysium sums my personal concerns up best
"Algorithmic Assessment" is a scary enough phrase on its own honestly. sadly its the course of things, our lives being broken down into numbers. where even getting a job becomes up to software and if you do not match the propietary number checkpoints your resume is sent to the recycle bin before a human can even see you existed.
Any good AI people out there that what to develop this for the "Adult Entertainment" industry? Unfortunately, numerous long sessions of in-depth research, preferably with the co-operation of the UC Boulder, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz and Swedish National Co-ed Gymnastics Teams, will be required.
quote:For years, HireVue’s fully autonomous software, which uses AI to analyze facial features and movements during job interviews, has raised concerns and criticisms for both its grandiose claims and the high likelihood of biased outcomes. Previously, the company had shrugged off those concerns, as facial and audio analysis was a central aspect of its sales pitch—even though its methods were based on the dubious idea that a person’s facial expressions or tone of voice can reveal whether they’d be good at a particular job. So it was especially shocking that when announcing it would stop using facial analysis, HireVue also cited an independent audit that supposedly exonerated its algorithms from bias. Yet what is needed is not surprise, but incredulity. On closer inspection, it’s not clear that either claim is completely true, and in mischaracterizing the audit, HireVue reveals the shaky foundations of the new algorithmic auditing industry. The idea of algorithmic auditing is that an independent party scrutinizes the inner workings of an algorithmic system. It might evaluate concerns about bias and fairness, check for unintended consequences, and create more transparency to build consumer trust. HireVue’s statement uses a partial quote and misleading phrasing to suggest that the ORCAA algorithmic audit broadly verifies the absence of bias in HireVue’s many assessments.
Link to the actual HireVuew report here -- »www.hirevue.com/resource ··· a-report -- however you will need to hand over your PII in order to view it fully, and apparently is under NDA-like restrictions.
With respect to "algorithmic assessment" overall, the article's final paragraph basically sums it all up
quote:Stories like this one explain why many people do not trust AI or the companies that use it—and that they are often right not to. The millions of job applicants that get sorted by algorithmic funnels like HireVue are justified in their suspicion that they are being taken for a ride. Other companies, like Yobs Technologies and Talview, still openly market pseudoscientific AI facial analysis for job interviews. While the worst outcomes are likely for people with disabilities or unusual accents, anyone with an atypical speaking style or even quirky mannerisms should be concerned. Without a change in market incentives or real government oversight, algorithmic audits alone won’t provide the accountability that we need when it comes to AI systems.
"Algorithmic Assessment" is a scary enough phrase on its own honestly. sadly its the course of things, our lives being broken down into numbers. where even getting a job becomes up to software and if you do not match the propietary number checkpoints your resume is sent to the recycle bin before a human can even see you existed.
Hmmm. I dunno about all that.
At the risk of veering off topic, a key part of employment is networking. Making the effort to know people who will know you, can vouch for you, and having solid references beats blasting resumes out into the ether where they will be shot down like targets at the skeet range. Working to engage personally in the process brings the "Human Assessment" into focus. It takes more effort than electronically spamming a hundred employers with a resume where nothing other than an "algorithm" makes contact. But, then again, worthwhile things are not always easy.
