Engineering360: "Amazon No Longer Using “Sexist” AI Hiring Tool"

"the system was built overwhelmingly with data culled from CVs submitted mostly by men."

This statement is missing SOMTHING. A man's CV does not say "man." It is specific to a group of positions, accomplishments and results. How could that cause an AI to discriminate based on sex?

"whenever a CV was submitted containing the word “women,” it had been penalized"

Again, missing information. How was it penalized? Was there a comparison statement actually LOOKING for the word "women?" Why? Was this an unexpected consequence of trying to root out sexism in men's CVs?

It seems that instead of abandoning the AI it would have been a simple matter to remove the offending code. It would follow that utilizing an AI that focusses on positions, accomplishments and results, anyone top in their field would be spit out on the short list; irrespective of gender, race, creed, or sexual orientation.