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I lost my job after AI recruitment tool assessed my body language, says make-up artist::A make-up artist says she lost her job at a leading brand after an AI recruitment tool that used facial recognition technology marked her down for her body language.

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Absolute bigotry against neurodivergent people. Normalizing body language is exactly the sort of prejudice neurodivergent people have to put up with all the time.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I am very likely autistic. I wonder when the lawsuits will start.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thinking more on this, you don't need to even have autism or ADHD or any other form of diagnoseable neurodivergence. You could just be an introverted person who doesn't do well in such situations.

And then there's the nationality issue. Different nationalities and cultures have different body languages. It is disrespectful to make eye contact in Japan and expected in the U.S. So what does this AI do with a Japanese hiree?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

resting bitch face is a thing. i am constantly having to tell people i am not angry, thats just what i look like.

like jim bruer and his 'resting stoned face'

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

It sounds like a few people stand to get rich from suing whatever company made this crap into oblivion.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

And people from a different culture than the people who trained the AI

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Or brought up by a neurodivergent parent, or sibling, or have an ND partner

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

That was my first thought too, anyone with a condition with a sensory component is inherently discriminated against.