Sam Altman-backed Mentra aims to match neurodivergent jobseekers with ideal jobs | TechCrunch
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Neurodivergent individuals often have a harder time finding jobs than their non-neurodivergent counterparts. Unemployment for neurodivergent adults runs

I read the article but I didn’t check out the platform yet. Thought it might be useful for my fellow autistic people.

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    10 months ago

    AI has been proposed and failed at the task of making shitty systems better. This makes me very skeptical of all AI projects.

    Mentra uses AI is to parse through job descriptions to make sure they are cognitively accessible and broken down in a consistent format that is not exclusionary.

    This is probably not a big deal tbh. AI is already used everywhere in job descriptions and resume parsing.

    How does this effect disclosure? This might have a problem in the future over Doctor-confirmed Autistic, self-diagnosis, and the labor rights and protections that can come with disclosing.

    Mentra’s website UI and UX is incredible. What a great and easy to read experience.