Can an algorithm eradicate bias in our decision making? - Personnel Today

It's tempting to assume that artificial intelligence and machine learning can ensure HR's decisions in key areas such as recruitment and performance management are completely unbiased. But there are still vulnerabilities, argues Jonathan Rennie. The inclination to be prejudiced against certain groups of people, or to instinctively prefer a person who shares our own characteristics, has existed for as long as humans have formed themselves into social groups. Is blind recruitment truly gender blind? While this herd mentality might have been of evolutionary benefit, it becomes problematic when bias screens out individual merit in favour of unfair prejudice.