S1E18: MIT Data Scientist on Bias, Ethics, and Data Diversity

It seems impossible to say "diversity" these days without igniting a firestorm. It speaks to the challenge humans have separating who we are from what we were taught. Beyond it being simply the right thing to do, there's empirical data that proves companies committed to diversity and equality consistently show a more profitable bottom line.We sit down with Zev Eigen, MIT graduate and the co-founder and chief data scientist at Syndio who's made it his life's work to balance the hiring and pay scales at companies as he shares what makes his work fulfilling and his vision for how AI will shape the future of human employment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices