Being expelled by a robot or censored by a recruiter, what is
worse?
The fear of unemployment, especially when there are still
personal conditions to continue working (health, commitment, adequate studies,
experience, family obligations) is accentuated when candidates for employment
are over 40 years old. The Leviathan, the mythical monster, represented by the
recruiter, is revealed when he uses age as a pretext and attributes all the
evils, weaknesses, shortcomings, limitations, vices, flaws that will prevent
him from acting efficiently and effectively in the position to which he
presents himself. the supposed "old". Discrimination due to racism or
sexism is increased by ageism.
Is this fear the only threat to the security and stability of
individuals and families? Are only 40+ old people condemned? Is the world now
of the young? Will the recruiters have the same power and discretion to improve
or ruin the future of many people?
Not resounding. Now there is another Leviathan that also looks
for those who believe they are immune, safe and far from the drama of
unemployment. Lagorio-Chafkin (2018) indicates that an investigation of the
Universities of Ball Sue University and Villanova (both in the United States)
found that the more people perceived the risk of their work being automated,
the poorer their mental and physical health was for the greater insecurity. In
the journal Social Science and Medicine, it is said that "people who live
and work in areas where tasks are automated are sick with the idea of losing
their jobs and have no way to support themselves or their families."
Michael Hicks of Ball State University and other researchers
found these results in 2018, although earlier in 2015, he found that job losses
in the nation's manufacturing sectors due to automation reached 88 percent in
recent years. . This percentage may vary in other studies, but it is true that
there is a strong positive correlation between automation and fear of job loss
(or actual loss). In addition, the Pew Research Center (Washington) discovered
that two-thirds of Americans expect, or fear, that computers or robots will do
much of the work humans do in 50 years (Lagorio-Chafkin, 2018).
This Leviathan chooses all the old ones, tired, with wrinkled
skin, with gray hair, to devour them, because he has infinite hunger. Young
people, with lush skin, tanned by the sun of tropical beaches, formed in gyms,
with 25 or 30 years old, are saved and for now they are not part of the
monster's lunch. The excuses can be irrational, because people are usually
discarded because of overqualification. That is, if he has competences beyond
what the requested position demands, he assumes that he is qualified to do
everything that corresponds to said position. It is an absurd situation,
Kafkaesque, worthy of Ripley (Although you do not believe it) and dramatically
real.
A doctor presents for a Cardiology job, but is also trained in
Gastroenterology and Neurology. He knows a lot and is discarded. It's ironic,
but it reminds you of the decisions of the Chicago mafia. "This guy knows
a lot; You have to eliminate it. " Discrimination by age, by having gray
hair, by knowing a lot, in full action, in every place, at all times.
The Leviathan in these times of high technology, has expanded
the list of possible victims. Recruiters and millennials or young beards,
without family, without responsibilities, with athletic bodies, tanned skin and
smiles of Hollywood stars, as well as people from other professions and
activities are also afraid, they also experience the bitter taste of fear of
unemployment. They are not old, they do not know much, but they can be below
the robots and Artificial Intelligence in the performance of many activities.
The robots will decide who knows as much or more than they do, and will discard
those who do not dominate the Statistics to make good predictions or
projections, for example. The Leviathan devours them without being dazzled by
youth and its charms. Now it is discrimination based on incompetence, which can
not be hidden or disguised.
The Leviathan has no preferences or prejudices like humans.
The Leviathan has no interests, is not pressured or has moral conflicts, does
not evaluate the favorable and unfavorable aspects of its decisions, it only
executes its selection algorithm. The human Leviathan, the recruiter, has all
the previous biases that discriminates against a specific group, those over 40;
discards those who changed jobs several times, those who have children, those
who have a nervous tic. That's why they are wrong often. The non-human
Leviathan, the robot and the AI, do not have those biases, they are implacable
and inflexible to decide if a human can do the job well; but take control
immediately. In general, they are not wrong.
The recruiter has the power and ability to act well and change
the destiny of the people; with science and conscience (the latter often stays
at home or hidden in the trunk of the car). The robot has the power and ability
to change the fate of people, and is based only on an algorithm that is supposed
to be perfect. Creation surpasses the creator. Currently, the applied AI can
already perform all the tasks of a recruiter, efficiently and effectively, so
they must also put their beards soaking; Robots not only lift heavy loads or
act in dangerous environments, they can also recruit, discarding old people or
recruiters if they do not have real skills.
The question is: What is worse? Be expelled and kicked by
recruiters for being old 40+, even when it meets all the requirements and requirements
of companies? To be expelled and kicked by robots with AI, for not being able
to equal them or overcome them in the execution of tasks; despite having the
dazzling and glamorous appearance of youth?
Link to see how a robot works (which is still a prototype, it
is still necessary to perfect functions and abilities)
References
Study: Fear of Robots Taking Their Jobs Is
Making Workers Sick
Cuando te
discriminan por tener más de 50 años
Edurce
Concejo, Barcelona, 01/mar/2018
