Is it though?

Recruiting agencies like Braintrust are using AI to handle a portion of their hiring process. It sucks.

In a recent LinkedIn poll, 87% of participants said they would prefer to interview with a human.

I get it. It’s cheap, it’s easy, it does the work so humans don’t have to.

It’s also degrading, disrespectful and disgusting.

I recently commented: “I would rather interview with a human because AI lacks the ability to determine if it likes you. It will not feel the emotion in your voice. It does not embody what employers require me to embody: compassion and empathy.”

I continued: “Companies cannot advocate for values related to culture, transparency and authenticity when requiring their candidates record a one-sided video. If your company culture isn’t based on exchanges and genuine connection, then I wish you the best when you hire employees as robotic and faceless as this guy.”

I use ChatGPT for the answers to many questions. It teaches me a lot. I use it when and how I want to.

AI should not be used to replace humans.

Jerry Seinfeld gave the commencement address at Duke this year. Here’s what he said:

“AI, on the other hand, is the most embarrassing thing we’ve ever invented in mankind’s time on Earth. Oh, so you can’t do the work? Is that what you’re telling me? You can’t figure it out. This seems to be the justification of AI – I couldn’t do it. This is something to be embarrassed about. The ad campaign for ChatGPT should be the opposite of Nike. You just can’t do it.”

“Making fake brains is risky. Frankenstein proved that he was so dumb he thought a monster needed a sport jacket. It’s not a wine tasting. We’re terrorizing villagers. No one’s going to tell you. I’m sorry, Mr. Stein, it’s jackets only this evening. What I like is we’re smart enough to invent AI, dumb enough to need it. And still so stupid we can’t figure out if we did the right thing.”

“Making work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies. The only two things you ever need to pay attention to in life are work and love. Things that are self justified in the experience and who cares about the result.”

“Stop rushing to what you perceive as some valuable endpoint. Learn to enjoy the expenditure of energy that may or may not be on the correct path. Now, if you have been at this amazing place for four years and still have no idea what you like, what you’re interested in, or what you want to do in life, you are the luckiest ones here.”