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This points to an ethics weakness that are starting to appear with the usage of AI as a systemic tool, especially when humans are removed from hiring decisions. You know, so that involves, you know, each and every one of you, you know, who are still looking for future employment. You know, maybe you're going to school, maybe you're deciding on an area of study, you know, maybe you want to go to graduate school and you want to figure out, you know, what's going to be over the horizon there. Then you read this study from Stanford University about hiring biases, you know, that AI is churning out, you know, and it's, it's It's an ethics problem. According to various journals, students are starting to use AI to write their admissions materials to colleges, such as their personal statement, cover letters, and essays.

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