In this talk, Hilke Schellmann draws on her work as an investigative reporter and academic focused on holding AI systems in hiring and the workplace accountable. Her investigations have appeared in The New York Times, MIT Technology Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and have also led to numerous conference presentations, academic publications, and her award-winning trade book The Algorithm.
She will discuss how she gained access to key hiring technologies and the methods she has used to critically assess them. The talk will also explore how journalists and academics can successfully collaborate with each other and conclude with a roadmap for future interdisciplinary research.
Bio:
Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy award-winning investigative journalist and associate professor of journalism at New York University.
Her research focuses on algorithmic accountability and the societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly examining how AI systems impact employment, workplace surveillance, and fundamental questions of fairness in automated decision-making.
Schellmann’s investigative work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and MIT Technology Review. She is the author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired—and Why We Need to Fight Back Now, an in-depth examination of AI’s growing influence in the workplace.
Schellmann is developing new book projects and interdisciplinary research that bridge journalism and academic inquiry to investigate the real-world consequences of algorithmic systems. She is also the co-founder of the Initiative for Technology, Society and Journalism.
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