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points by burnte 3 days ago | 0 comments

Definitely not. We are no better at finding good employees than we ever were. It's the human biases that make it bad, not the technology.

[–] red75prime 3 days ago

"We" as in "industry in general" or "we" as in "HR at my company"? Although, I'd be more interested in what Microsoft does.

[–] burnte 3 days ago

We as in humans in general.

[–] red75prime 3 days ago

My initial comment was tongue in cheek (but transparent enough I think, given the context). So, let's be clear. I questioned whether it's still true that it's people who are doing all the HR work at Microsoft without LLM assistance.

You, probably, talk about something else.

[–] burnte 2 days ago

Nearly every HR department uses AI these days, and it just makes things worse because they're easy to game.

[–] red75prime 2 days ago

Then I'd just marvel at your all-encompassing knowledge.

[–] burnte 1 day ago

Did it ever occur to you I may have experience relating to what I said?