Banning AI screening would barely change anything, because the AI is mostly screening for nonsense anyway. Half these tools are just expensive keyword matchers with a fancy pitch deck. Companies bought them because "AI-powered hiring" sounds innovative in a board meeting, not because the science is settled. And honestly? The arms race is already stupid. Candidates use AI to write resumes, companies use AI to screen them, so now we have robots talking to robots while the humans stand outside the building. Just ban the screening bots and make everyone go back to actually reading. It will be slower and messier and better, because at least a human might laugh at your cover letter instead of scoring it 0.62.
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