Alphabet Inc’s Google pitches its artificial intelligence (AI) tools to corporate clients as a way to more quickly sift through a mountain of job applications to find the most promising candidates — but some of its own AI researchers do not want to rely on these tools when recruiting.Google DeepMind’s AGI Safety and Alignment Team, which seeks to mitigate the risks of advanced AI, is encouraging job candidates for its open roles to fill out a special form alongside their application to eliminate the risk it might be automatically screened out by the company’s internal AI systems, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg, which contained the disclaimer “PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS DOC WIDELY.”“We have an applications system with a non-trivial probability your CV will be screened out incorrectly or take too long to reach us,” the document states. “Filling out this form makes sure that a real human on the team will get to see your application.”
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A Google DeepMind spokesperson said the company aims to “recruit and hire the most qualified talent at Google DeepMind” and denied that the company’s systems filter out applicants incorrectly. “This team set up a special form to go past the recruiter review, and get their resumes direct to the people on the team. But there are no shortcuts to getting hired,” the spokesperson added.
