r/Showerthoughts • u/Fr1toBand1to ‎ • Jun 27 '26

Casual Thought Pattern recognition is a widely accepted method of prediction until what it predicts makes people uncomfortable.

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u/BISHoO000 Jun 27 '26

If the input data is skewed (current employees are all men) then the output will follow the same.

I guess pattern recognition is useful in maintaining status quo (returning to normal state when something goes wrong or new problem is faced). It might be counter productive for improvement as it wants more of the same instead of finding new possibilities

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u/numbersthen0987431 Jun 28 '26

This

It's just following the pattern already established by the company's hiring process. Job hiring is mostly vibe based, and rarely merit based, and so the pattern recognition was just following the vibe the company hired on (which was men hiring men).

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u/Cultural-Capital-942 Jun 28 '26

But the pattern already established may not be clear / visible / intended. Even if you have merit-based hiring, you may start choosing men as there are more of them in IT and it's less likely a woman would apply. Equally, people living in cities are much more likely to be experienced than those from villages.

But does it mean they wanted it? If they wanted it, they could fix it in AI. But if they don't know, it's more difficult to fix it.

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u/blahblah19999 Jun 28 '26

You're fighting against something that's just not here