Navigating the Open Seas of AI-Based Hiring Technologies: An Open Fishbowl Discussion

Like other applications of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the use of AI-based assessments for employment purposes is increasing rapidly. These assessments may incorporate a variety of applications of AI such as (a) complex algorithms that combine data from traditional sources (e.g., Likert-scale personality tests) and/or nontraditional ones (e.g., social media data), (b) the analysis and interpretation of content from employment interviews through natural language processing (NLP), and (c) the evaluation of job candidate characteristics that may have questionable job relevance, such as facial features and vocal features. In addition, the explosion of interest in and use of ChatGPT and other large language model (LLM) applications can usefully aid in employment test development (e.g., preliminary item content generation) but may also facilitate applicant cheating on employment tests...

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