Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Hiring, and It Might Not Be That Bad

Artificial intelligence promises to make hiring an unbiased utopia. Employee referrals, a process that tends to leave underrepresented groups out, still make up a bulk of companies' hires. Recruiters and hiring managers also bring their own biases to the process, studies have found. "Identifying high-potential candidates is very subjective," says Alan Todd, CEO of CorpU, a technology platform for leadership development. "People pick who they like based on unconscious biases."