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Women believe AI reduces bias in recruitment process – but does it?

A recent study showed that women prefer AI assessors in recruitment, but perhaps they just prefer them over men.

28 Oct 2024 9:00

Celina Lei

AI can piece together information to discriminate applicants based on gender and women are likely to suffer. Two brown hexagon mirrors held up to a face, half obscuring it.

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AI can piece together information to discriminate against applicants based on gender. Photo: cottonbro, Pexels.

The Monash Business School recently shared some surprising research that found women believe artificial intelligence (AI) assessments reduce bias in the job recruitment process, while men fear it removes an advantage.

The study was conducted through two field experiments. In the first experiment, more than 700 applicants for a web designer position were informed whether their application would be assessed by AI or by a human. When told that their applications would be assessed by AI, women were more likely to complete their applications.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_