Experts have warned that the expanded use of AI, especially in areas related to labor and employment, if uninvestigated, could pose serious issues. Some contend that the use of AI tools can help make hiring processes more efficient and perhaps remove human biases from the equations. Others note that while this may be an admirable goal, many AI tools have been shown to produce discriminatory outcomes. The opaque nature of how some of these AI tools operate further complicates matters, as how an AI came to a particular decision and the data it referenced may not be clear to the human reviewer, thus making the identification of discriminatory practices harder to identify.
All of these issues, especially given the increasing use of AI tools in the hiring processes of many companies, raise several questions concerning AI’s entrance into the Labor and Employment space. What benefits and challenges does using AI in hiring present? How can AI be used to combat discrimination? What happens when AI itself is discriminatory, how can that be identified and addressed? What statutes and regulations apply to AI, and do the existing legal and regulatory frameworks concerning anti-discrimination in labor and employment suffice to address the novel nature of AI?
Featuring:
Keynote Address:
Hon. Keith Sonderling, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Panel:
Alex Engler, Fellow in Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings Institution
Prof. Aram Gavoor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University
David Fortney, Co-Founder, Fortney & Scott LLC, & former Chief Legal Officer, U.S. Department of Labor
[Moderator] Hon. Philip Miscimarra, Partner, Morgan & Lewis, & former Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
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