Meet Tengai, the job interview robot who won't judge you

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Meet Tengai, the job interview robot who won't judge you
Maddy Savage, BBC News, 2019/03/14
I guess it's not a large leap from using artificial intelligence to grade college essays to having an AI in a robot conduct your job interview. And the motivation is equally benign: "The goal is to offer candidates job interviews that are free from any of the unconscious biases that managers and recruiters can often bring to the hiring process, while still making the experience 'seem human'." But we need to avoid getting carried away; as one Reddit author says, "The current state of media coverage of AI is fixated on constructing a compelling narrative to readers, and often personifies models well beyond their capabilities". More...