Are computers more effective at decision making than humans?

In reality, the software and the outcome is only as good as the humans who create it and the humans who input the information on the candidates, so it's still really up to human beings. I can't really see how it's going to come up with the right person. If the applicants put in their information themselves, they can skew that information either favorably or unfavorably. If the information is entered by another employee, the same thing happens. If it's just a matter of age, education level and other cold facts, there's not much to the decision and the business has spent money unnecessarily. Any fool can read a list of "qualification" disconnected from the applicant and choose the best one.

this is what happened when people are too profit-oriented.. they just want make money and by using this software they believe that they can try to cut their losses with highly potential and productive people.. We as humans sometime can never do what the computers can.. BUT.. sometimes humanly attitude are needed for certain jobs.. That's what differentiate us from them(computers)..

I would say no they are not. Computers are only as smart as the people who create them. Remember computers did not make people, people made computers. They can instill high intelligence into computers so that they can solve equations and problems much more quickly then we can. But they cannot make better decisions.

Hi friend, computers don't have the ability to work by their own, always it needs the human power to operate, it just saves the time and work and do things faster than human. Computers don't make the decisions by their own without the programs which is developed by a human

With the rapid advancement of technology and the rise of automated machines doing the tasks of humans more efficiently and eventually replacing humans due to our reliance on them, and more robots are being built to decide on its own through AI, the matrix scenario might not be in the distant future indeed...

In terms of being rational, computers are not. But in terms with executing what is being asked, it is more effective than humans. With just a 1 or a 0 to choose from during its decision process, it is much faster than us humans which tends to consider those between 1 or 0 and those that are outside of 1 and 0.

Hi PhillyDreamer, I think it can be a effective way to determine if some is a good job candidate. But it depends upon the nature of algorithm they are going to use, the no. of factors they are going to consider. Determining the good job candidate not only depends upon the how many answers he can give in the questions of interview. There are lot other factors. In the field of AI, the intelligence is installed on the basis of experiences. Computers cannot think new things unless it has been taught. Its all about analysis algorithm they design. Computers with AI can be able to take in account various circumstances it has learn or the input it has been given, process it and give the response. They are programmed to process the informations on the basis of how a real human analyzer analyses and process information in their mind. It happens that a person can process the information of the job candidtate in his mind slowly, he takes in account various informations of each candidate but the calculations he make in his mind are mostly general. If the computer is programmed with capability of such calculations and observations, then the computer with AI can give best response. However, in reality there can always be exceptions. Happy mylotting...

I am at cross at this one. I think I like the objective part fo this. The part where you don’t have to literally kiss the bottom of the HR manager to get you in or having a contact inside the office. Although, I was hired many times due to this method, sometimes the method is also abused. However, I also came upon the disadvantages of the said software in reading other responses. Of course, any hire is a chance to take for the manager and the company. You can't always have a perfect interview as much as many employees want it to turn into their favour. Also, it's kinda creepy that a potential employee has to contend with a machine to get a living. Work experience and the actual conversation in the interview is still unpredictable. I think that it is a good tool but it is not a perfect tool as other would like to feel or think. There are still some things a computer can do and sometimes, probably never can understand.

Wow, this is a tough one. I mean, if we start to allow computers to make these kinds of decisions, then pretty soon, we will all go to Best Buy to pick up chips to put into our heads, that assist in making our decisions for us. That is a future possibility. But back to your question. part of me wants to say 'YAY' to human decision making process. However, I've met my share of stupid jerks in my life. Some of these held positions in management. I've seen some managers make some really stupid choices. I always had a good eye, and this one manager would always take me into the office, and ask me who she should choose, because everyone I chose turned out to be an excellent employee. So, in other words, I was her 'computer' making choices for her, because she felt that I had a better bead on things, and they always worked out in these situations. This is iffy, because some managers cannot choose a good employee, ever. This costs the company money in the long run. If used as just another tool, I don't see a problem. As long as we do the choosing in the end. We make the final choice.

No, I do not think that computers are not necessarily better at determining whether or not a person is a good job candidate. You have to remember software contains complex algorithms in code that were written by human beings. Software can definitely process more information than the human mind, but software cannot exactly measure all aspects of a person that can make them a good candidate. Software is only a tool that makes our lives easier. Rather than processing information by ourselves, we use software to make our lives easier by helping us with various tasks. With the economy's current status, there's so many job applications to look over with a lot of people still looking for jobs; I think that is part of the reason for companies spending so much money on the type of software which evaluates job candidates. With software, it makes the workload of people who look over job applications much easier. However, until our society has perfected artificial intelligence technology that is integrated into machines, I think it will be awhile until we are ruled by machines like in the Matrix. But I understand your comment about the Matrix because of the progression of how our technology is advancing; it's very unpredictable on how advanced technology will be in the near future. In conclusion, software might be able to process information faster, but human beings are still needed to look at factors about a job candidate that software might not be able to evaluate.

It's still far fetch for a computer to make decisions for themselves. Although, computer technology advancement accelerates every year, Computers are still just a tool used by human, all they gave are data we need to arrive at a better choice or decision. Garbage in, garbage out. Computers with self awareness and can learn from own experiences is still just for movies. Cheers!