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by Braggadocious 2410 days ago
I fear all of this will be used as part of a prediction program to find the best employees based on performance metrics. Imagine if before you even gave an applicant a callback you could see if they've ever had a bout of depression, insomnia, anything that may affect their job performance or the performance of their team. That would be standard part of any background check if that information was available.
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The nice thing about the modern world is that nobody has to make the decision to do that or be aware. That sort of discrimination can filter through ML-derived correlations at two, three or more levels removed, and every human being can be as innocent as can be.