- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
“Look, if I’d laid him off because he took sick leave, that would be illegal, but I didn’t lay him off because he took sick leave, I laid him off because AI told me to lay him off. And AI is smart. You can’t tell me it wasn’t a good decision.”
Repeat across the entire economy
“We don’t need AI to be functional - we just need it to give us answers we want and convince enough people that it’s giving those answers because it’s better than us.”
Same thing as drug sniffing dogs and rent collusion software. All mechanisms to bypass already-shallow protections.
Aren’t people using AI responsible for anything the AI does these days? Legally you can’t say AI said, legally it’s you who said it.
Everything is legal if you are a big corporation in the US. So yes, they can say that.