{"id":148087,"date":"2022-12-14T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=148087"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:34","slug":"me-myself-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/12\/14\/me-myself-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, myself and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your CV got the score of 14 out of 100.<\/em><\/p>\n

My head fell into my hands. 14 out of 100?<\/p>\n

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\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLevien Willemse<\/a>, \t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPauline Wiersema<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

I\u2019ve just put my CV through an AI screening tool that will tell me what other Recruitment Ais\u2019 would think of it. Apparently, it\u2019s crucial, because gone are the days when it was Camilla, the 45-year-old talent acquisition manager, who rejected your CV. Today it is R2-D2, the AI recruitment software, that will send you emails that start with \u2018Thank you for your application\u2019. So here I am, asking a robot for another robot\u2019s validation, wondering if the world has gone mad or if I have.<\/p>\n

Becoming sad over this AI\u2019s lack of validation reminds me of middle school when you would ask your crush\u2019s friend what your crush thinks about you.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, what did he say about me? ?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that ur cute but that u don\u2019t quantify ur achievements enough ?<\/span>?<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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\n\t\t\u2018There are only so many times a girl can brag about increasing a company\u2019s Twitter likes from two to five\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

I sigh at this feedback. I\u2019ve already milked my achievements to the max, demonstrating how I\u2019ve boosted my old company\u2019s social media engagement by 67 per cent. But there are only so many times a girl can brag about increasing a company\u2019s Twitter likes from two to five.<\/p>\n

What else can I quantify? How often my old boss complimented me? Am I supposed to impersonate those automatic satisfaction surveys?<\/p>\n

\u201cGood job, Dora!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, madam. Uhm, since we\u2019re having this conversation, would you be able to rate, in terms of percentages, how much better I am at doing a \u2018good job\u2019 compared to your average intern?\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only is this AI screening tool trying to reduce me to a public restroom feedback machine, but it\u2019s also accusing me of being the dirty toilet. Either way, I\u2019m done asking for its validation.<\/p>\n

I close my laptop and tell myself that if the AI hasn\u2019t passed the Turing test, then I won\u2019t find its opinion threatening enough. If it has, well then technically it should be no different to that boy in middle school, and the only way to get his validation is to stop asking for it.<\/p>\n\n\t

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