AI bias in the employment sector
January 20, 2025, 11.00 a.m. University of Art and Design Linz, Domgasse 1, Lecture Room and Kitche
Interface Cultures invites you to a brunch lecture by Andreas Zingerle, Interface Cultures graduate.
Join us for a thought-provoking Brunch lecture as Andreas Zingerle delves into the territories of AI's impact on the job market. We've all been sold the promise of AI tools as the ultimate equalizers, capable of stripping away biases and evaluating candidates based solely on skills and personality. But what happens when we try to 'switch off' identity, reducing it to a collection of quantifiable attributes? Andreas will challenge these assumptions drawing from artistic research conducted at EMAP fellowship at M-cult in Helsinki. The talk addresses different artistic research methods underlying the production of two recent artworks: "Posthuman recruiting," which exposes the human side of AI Career Counselors, and "Ideal behavior", revealing tricks and tools used to optimize performance for AI-driven employment. Can AI truly help to eliminate bias, or are we just trading one set of problems for another?
In the summer of 2024 M-cult producer and EMAP coordinator Mia Mäkelä interviewed Kairus about their artistic research on AI and recruitment: versorgerin.stwst.at/automated-recruitment
Andreas Zingerle is a media artist who received his PhD from the University of Art and Design Linz researching vigilante counter-movements and anti-fraud activism. He implements social engineering strategies that emerge in his research into interactive narratives, artistic installations, data visualizations and creative media competence training with a focus on Open Source tools and workflows.
