Who Hires the Hiring Bots?
Georgia chats with Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Hilke Schellmann about the job market, and the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence in hiring. Mike talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about her show Sixteenth Minute (of Fame), and the curse of becoming an Internet Main Character. Also! Every YouTube video the team watched in the last two weeks.
Show Notes:
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Intro Links
- Google Cut Back AI Overviews in Search Even Before Its ‘Pizza Glue’ Fiasco – WIRED
- Ikea is hiring UK workers for its new store in Roblox – Eurogamer
- How 7 Brands Are Engaging Gen Zers with Roblox Experiences – Obsessar
- Nebula Strikes Deal With Spotify to Stream Video Content (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety
- Spotify demonetises all tracks under 1,000 streams – Musictech
- Spotify Announces New Price Increases for Premium Plans – Yahoo Tech
- Spotify raising prices by up to $3 as frustrated subs beg it to “just do music” – Ars Technica
- A New Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Cheating Songwriters Out of Royalties – Time
- We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years – PC Gamer
- Internet Sleuths Finally Find Origin of 'The Backrooms' Creepypasta Image – 404 Media
- Backrooms Research Doc
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Why Is It (Hiring) Like This? with Hilke Schellmann
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Other Sources:
- OpenAI GPT Sorts Resume Names With Racial Bias, Test Shows – Bloomberg
- AI Bias In Recruitment: Ethical Implications And Transparency – Forbes
- AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think – Pew
- AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants – BBC
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Main Characters, with Jamie Loftus
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Creators and Guests
Host
Mike Rugnetta
Host of Never Post. Creator of Fun City, Reasonably Sound, Idea Channel and other internet things.
Producer
Hans Buetow
Independent Senior Audio Producer. Formerly with Terrible, Thanks for Asking and The New York Times