But Where is the Sexism Really Coming From?
July 7, 2015 3:55 PM Subscribe
Google’s algorithm shows prestigious job ads to men, but not to women. Here’s why that should worry you. But how much of this is us and how much of this is baked into the algorithm? It’s a question that a lot of people are struggling to answer.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This was pretty well covered din this previous post, sorry. -- restless_nomad
"But how much of this is us and how much of this is baked into the algorithm? "
Well that's not a great question for fairly obvious reasons. Who vets the algorithms, etc.
posted by boo_radley at 4:06 PM on July 7, 2015
Well that's not a great question for fairly obvious reasons. Who vets the algorithms, etc.
posted by boo_radley at 4:06 PM on July 7, 2015
If algorithms identify and turbo-charge existing processes, it makes sense our worst tendencies would be magnified along with our better ones.
posted by knowgood at 4:11 PM on July 7, 2015
posted by knowgood at 4:11 PM on July 7, 2015
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