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by sfreporter 2619 days ago
@gambler: thank you for reading my reporting. I would love to chat confidentially to understand your perspective better. Please see my HN profile.
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@sfreporter your reporting had the main lede quite buried to create sensationalism. Gender bias is a distant problem if the model's results are completely random.

Gender bias was not the only issue. Problems with the data that underpinned the models’ judgments meant that unqualified candidates were often recommended for all manner of jobs, the people said. With the technology returning results almost at random, Amazon shut down the project, they said.