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Schmidt: Early-stage startups should avoid using AI for hiring
“A startup probably shouldn't use AI in the hiring process, right? The choice and the impact of the individuals at that early stage is too important.”
Schmidt: Replacing managers with AI in reviews will create more problems
“But I think, you know, offloading that from the person who's most familiar with it is you know, probably going to create more problems in its work.”
Schmidt: Giving up decision-making to AI takes away human essence
“What makes us human is free will and choice and I think to give the, to give that up to anyone, frankly, right, and whether it's AI or not, is taking away what makes us human.”
Schmidt: Using AI to infer candidate demographics is a massive mistake
“It should not be making decisions, particularly in the hiring process based on those types of things, right? It should not say, oh, this text feels like it was written by someone who identifies as a female, right? Like if it starts to introduce those sorts of …”
Schmidt: Most HR Tech Companies Lack Resources to Train Custom AI
“And the truth is that most companies who are in the HR tech space don't have the resources that someone like open AI has to train their content. And to train the AI. They just seem to, they don't have a billion dollars from Microsoft.”