Urgent action needed
The study called on the government to review and reform discrimination laws to protect jobseekers from algorithm-facilitated discrimination.
“If we do not want disadvantaged groups to be subject to algorithm-facilitated discrimination, we need to take urgent action,” it said.
The Australian government proposed last year mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk cases, such as in employment matters including recruitment, referral, hiring, remuneration, promotion, training, apprenticeship, or termination.
“We are inching closer to AI regulation, with the government’s recent proposal for mandatory guardrails for ‘high-risk’ AI applications, but legislation is not yet in sight,” the study stated.
Transparency from AI systems providers
Meanwhile, Sheard’s study also called on greater transparency from providers and deployers of AI systems regarding the operation of these tools. It stressed that training data must be carefully curated and fully documented.