Do Large Language Models Discriminate in Hiring Decisions on the Basis of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender? (2024.acl-short)
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| Challenge: | We study whether large language models exhibit race- and gender-based name discrimination in hiring decisions . |
| Approach: | They propose templatic prompts to LLMs to write an email to a named job applicant informing them of a hiring decision. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model generates an acceptance or rejection email based on the applicant's first name . |
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