it report. these people all have at least one thing in common they're considered attractive by conventional standards. in a beauty contest held by the mobile beauty dot ai the finalists were chosen by an all robot jury the results guaranteed to be objective. over 6000 selfies were submitted from all over the world. but surprisingly nearly all of the winners were white. it turns out the artificial intelligence was trained using data from central europe and wasn't good at assessing faces from elsewhere. joy is one of the leading ai researchers. she's sounding the alarm about serious discrimination. we really have to think about widespread mysterious and destructive algorithms that are increasingly being used to make decisions that

impact more aspects of our lives so who gets hired or fired you get that loan do you get insurance or you admitted into the college that you wanted to get into. recruiting new staff a number of firms in germany using ai software that analyzes the applicants voice body language and word usage. companies like hire of you claim this makes recruiting more objective promoting diversity and gender equality but experts like lorraine. are skeptical she analyzed 38 recruitment tools on behalf of the german government. a lot of this technology is based on theories that are disputed by sociologists and psychologists. and some of the theories were actually debunked long ago and. i'm talking about concepts like the big 5. the. big one. the big

5 personality traits are openness conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness and emotional stability the i software puts candidates in these boxes and draws conclusions about their capabilities agreeableness for example is seen as inconsistent with management skills the software includes empathy in that box women in particular may be very empathetic so the software assumes they're unsuitable for management positions plus the big 5 traits are based on european and north american societies in asia on the other hand diligence is valued more highly the software disregards that. the european union uses one such tool cameo for staff but for now it's leaving the ai function deactivated. as much. i think we 1st need to take a broader look at the use of software that's designed to evaluate people. and ask

ourselves whether that's even possible that this technology had. a lot of them are essentially unethical and unscientific. and they shouldn't even be on the market. i'm just kind of shocked and mocked and yet more and more software is being used worldwide. we can start thinking about how we create more inclusive code and employ inclusive coding practices relief starts with people are we creating spectrum teams with diverse individuals who can check each other's blind spots on the technical side are we factoring in fairness as we're developing systems we now have the opportunity to unlock even greater equality if we make social change a priority and not an afterthought. but evaluating people more fairly clearly

involve a much more complex process and that would cost the ai developers more money. 'd now with or without talent official intelligence employers are going to have to face up to the diversity that comprises modern societies and to their credit many of them are making a real effort to better reflect the differences in the wider world within their organizations take. itself while we have over 60 different countries represented but is that true all i have a chance. women and men young and old people of various ethnic backgrounds with different religions and worldviews different sexual orientation with and without disabilities the don't develop team and berlin is a colorful mix. i wanted to know how does it work at other companies how big a variety is there and how do the bosses deal with it.

on this t.v. commercial for germany's 2nd biggest mail order group is also making a statement about openness and tolerance. it's a vision of a corporate culture that accepts people for who they are. that maybe every day life for workers at auto these days. but it wasn't always like that. it was some spots. even in germany in 2020 it's far from uncontroversial that we run ads featuring homosexuals and we get hateful comments online sometimes really disgusting hurtful remarks we just have to accept it and we make a conscious decision to do that and i think it's important that we do accept it because sometimes showing this attitude can help you endure.

in combat time could never work in a company where he has to keep his sexuality a secret. he set up an elegy bt q. network where employees can exchange ideas and find support many people are afraid to come out according to a recent study every 3rd. person in germany experiences discrimination at work. let's say i'm not out and a colleague asks me about it then i only have 2 options i can lie or i can be forced to reveal my sexuality doesn't that is and that's why it's so important for a company regardless of its diversity management policy to create a corporate culture that promotes openness and diversity in place. we lived through all catalogues from the seventy's to the ninety's. a time when you couldn't order fashion online. almost all female and male models are white

caucasians. more than. if if you look here all of these models are one type of person they're basically all white women of the i don't know about you but when i look at it from today's perspective it's a distorted picture of the world. things look very different today any company trying to sell products to the general. to take social diversity into account. it's often difficult for homosexuals transsexual men or women to find work but more and more companies are hiring at special john fairs like sticks and stones and. stuart cameron was one of the fair organizers he knows from personal experience what discrimination feels like the o.e.c.d. estimates that a candidate's chances drop by 50 percent if it's. discrimination

is mostly very in direct for example you don't get invited to certain meetings or you don't get the promotion you're in line for or you don't even get invited in the 1st place. it was the same with me when it came out that i was gay and it was really remarkable to see how colleagues suddenly started to become more distant like cars suddenly got scratched in the company parking lot. so it was very important for me to find out which companies out there really don't care who backed me if i have a problem who can i turn to and do i truly believe that this company believes in this is you have to do it. using his experience and he started his own business and now advises companies on how they can better address diversity issues . in germany as a.p. is considered a model company on matters of diversity there are workers from 118 countries at the

software company's headquarters. different cultures and ways of thinking and styles of communication meet here. diversity needs to be managed why is there could be problems. ahead of personnel was forced to flee afghanistan for germany as a 14 year old on his own. today he is responsible for over $20000.00 workers. from the company's point of view openness to diversity means locating the best talent for the respective jobs in the respective team we have these talents everywhere there not only white or german but could be indian male homosexuals except if you only look at the specific requirements of a job a diverse team automatically emerges with. large companies can

benefit from an open corporate culture mixed teams often achieve better results precisely because they have a harder time together. i think we have to do it because it's the right thing to do because the world has different says they're going to have to accept we've also noticed that teams are more innovative when they don't all come from the same pot metaphorically speaking. in about a dozen other austin blyton. but of course this also applies in recruitment if we're more open as employers and we're more attractive option right that's why it's not just an end in itself but it's also a good fit and has quantifiable advantages for corporate success but even. allowing diversity in a company is a challenge which ultimately. and that's all from this edition

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