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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 04 2018, @01:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the No-irrational-AI-for-me...-make-mine-real! dept.

Ibrahim Diallo was allegedly fired by a machine. Recent news reports relayed the escalating frustration he felt as his security pass stopped working, his computer system login was disabled, and finally he was frogmarched from the building by security personnel. His managers were unable to offer an explanation, and powerless to overrule the system.

Some might think this was a taste of things to come as artificial intelligence is given more power over our lives. Personally, I drew the opposite conclusion. Diallo was sacked because a previous manager hadn't renewed his contract on the new computer system and various automated systems then clicked into action. The problems were not caused by AI, but by its absence.

The systems displayed no knowledge-based intelligence, meaning they didn't have a model designed to encapsulate knowledge (such as human resources expertise) in the form of rules, text and logical links. Equally, the systems showed no computational intelligence – the ability to learn from datasets – such as recognising the factors that might lead to dismissal. In fact, it seems that Diallo was fired as a result of an old-fashioned and poorly designed system triggered by a human error. AI is certainly not to blame – and it may be the solution.

This man was fired by a computer

What do you guys think about hiring and firing by AI? Would you agree with the article's premise?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 04 2018, @05:17PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 04 2018, @05:17PM (#702629) Journal

    Hate when that happens . . .

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by qzm on Wednesday July 04 2018, @11:11PM

    by qzm (3260) on Wednesday July 04 2018, @11:11PM (#702767)

    At least you remembered to ;)

    (sorry, FAR too hard to resist)