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AI can't do hiring because it knows the best hire is the one you don't do: why bother with a pesky human when it can do the job itself cheaper/faster/soonish better.

Aside: having LinkedIn is a red flag in my book. I understand that one's desperation could lead to try getting a job using that cesspool of anti-patterns glued together with pure spite for the user, nevertheless, a red flag. Or to put it otherwise, if having a LinkedIn is a requirement for you to get hired, your job will disappear in 5 to 7 years (due to AI or other corporate movements).

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So I guess that means you wouldn't hire this guy. Walking red flag that he is:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-dean-8b212555/

I hate that "service" as much as you do, but people use it for all sorts of reasons. So if you're going to use it as a blocking filter, well, I guess that's the kind of luxury you can treat yourself to.

Yes, sorry Mr. Dean, no job for you here. Even if he told me he wanted to work for me, I would just call an ambulance, for he must have some kind of stroke.

As I typed the initial rant I opened an incognito tab and searched "Andrej Karpathy LinkedIn", had the same curiosity as you, if the top stars use that "service". He has an account. I clicked the link, LinkedIn took me through a quick security check/Verification process through which I had to select which bull was standing in the "right position", then it opened Mr. Karpathy's LinkedIn page and I saw as his last activity/posted article that he hires for Tesla AI, which is weird because I knew he quit, I clicked the article to read more, and LinkedIn opened a modal to Log In. Closed the page, and promised myself I will never again bait myself to open LinkedIn (probably I will break the promise in a year or two, one must check LinkedIn to see the state of the tart† in what not to do in user experience).

† wanted to use "f-art" but ChatGPT recommended "t-art" as wordplay: 'This phrase combines the concept of a "tart," which can refer to a promiscuous or morally questionable person, with the original phrase. It adds a touch of humor while implying a negative connotation. However, please note that wordplay involving potentially derogatory terms or stereotypes should be used with caution and sensitivity.'

You are complaining about anti bot/crawling measures, which is used to stop the recruiter spam.

After you do the verification if you press the back button (or access another LinkedIn URL) it asks you to do a check again, even if you did it 0.5 seconds ago. Once you verify you are not a bot, why put a log in modal on a 2 year-old article? Why put log in walls for any article whatsoever. Just plain anti-user anti-patterns.

And seriously, given the current state of image classifiers, if anyone at LinkedIn imagines selecting a bull in the right position stops any kind of bots whatsoever, they are ludicrously delusional. Anti bot/crawling measure may stop 1% of the bots, but annoy 100% of the users. They just have 100% disrespect of the users' time.

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