Using AI for Hiring | Fama's Ben Mones | Artificial Intelligence Podcast

In this episode of the AI For All Podcast, Ben Mones, CEO of Fama, joins Ryan Chacon and Neil Sahota to discuss using AI for hiring and in the workplace. Mones stresses the importance of understanding how AI models reflect human biases. He emphasizes the need for diversity among the teams developing the technology to minimize this bias. Mones also underscores that in this rapidly changing era, businesses need to be flexible and open to new, contrasting viewpoints. Moreover, he predicts the elimination of rote and manual tasks but also the creation of new roles due to technological innovation. Ben Mones is the founder and CEO of Fama, a modern candidate screening solution that makes hiring great people easy. Prior to Fama, Ben held a number of executive roles at a variety of startups in the Bay Area and New York City. Ben is also a mentor on the Go-to-Market Advisory Council of Alchemist Accelerator, which is focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures. Ben has been a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and USC Marshall School of Business, and has also been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and is based in Los Angeles, California. Fama makes hiring great people easy. Their modern candidate screening solutions use online signals to identify candidate fit, highlighting professional attributes like creativity, innovation, and problem solving while also surfacing costly misconduct such as violence, harassment, and fraud. They help organizations answer that big question: how might a candidate act around coworkers or customers when they join? Founded in 2015, Fama is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. They're backed by some of the world’s leading investors and have raised more than $30M. Discover more about AI at https://ai-forall.com More about Fama: https://fama.io Connect with Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-mones-45740a2a/ (00:00) Intro (00:40) Ben Mones and Fama (02:15) Understanding AI adoption in the workplace (04:50) Challenges and opportunities in AI implementation (05:11) Navigating the AI landscape: advice for businesses (07:48) The journey of Fama: from idea to implementation (09:50) Addressing bias in AI (10:26) Preparing for AI integration (27:13) Future of AI in hiring and decision making (31:38) Embracing change and innovation (34:51) Learn more and follow up SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/43dYQV9 Listen to the Podcast: https://bit.ly/45rewGf Join Our Newsletter: https://newsletter.ai-forall.com Follow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/aiforallofficial