Host Alex Alonso engages with Hilke Schellmann—Emmy-winning reporter, NYU professor, and author of “The Algorithm”—in a critical discussion on the ethical implications of integrating AI into HR practices. The conversation underscores the urgent need for transparency, accountability, and regulation in AI-driven recruitment and performance management.
Episode Guest
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Hilke Schellmann
Hilke Schellmann is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York University.
As a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, Schellmann writes about holding artificial intelligence accountable. In her book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, And Why We Need To Fight Back (Hachette), she investigates the rise of AI in the world of work. Drawing on exclusive information from whistleblowers, internal documents, and real‑world tests, Schellmann discovers that many of the algorithms making high‑stakes decisions are biased, racist, and do more harm than good.
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