New York Bans Automated Employment Decision Tools

I wonder how much of our tacit endorsement of the position taken by New York City Council last week is based on a discomfort at the thought of human beings being subject to non-human actors, as opposed to sober analysis of the trade offs involved in AI to assess candidates. The direction of travel is clear though, and tech vendors have already pivoted towards recruiter enablement as a more culturally acceptable application of AI.

Scroll down to No9 to get a concise the summary of the decision (which you can actually read yourself here); H/T to brainfooder Mark Deubel for the share.