Software can do a lot more than organize job applications. It can decide which applications anybody bothers looking at, and that’s the part of Mobley v. Workday I find more interesting than the AI label. Derek Mobley and other applicants allege that Workday’s hiring technology scored, sorted, ranked or screened applicants in ways that discriminated…
Ever wondered why Barbour County’s local offices are held almost exclusively by Democrats, even as voters here show diverse political preferences in state and national elections? While our U.S. Senators are Republicans, and Barbour County voters regularly support candidates across party lines at the state and national level, our local politics tell a different story:…
There’s an old story about five monkeys placed in a cage as part of an experiment. In the middle of the cage, there was a ladder with bananas on the top rung. Every time a monkey tried to climb the ladder, they were all sprayed with icy water. Eventually, each time a monkey started to…