Editor’s Notes: This is a guest post by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada. She has research expertise in global care labor migration, with an area focus on East Asia (Singapore and Taiwan). Her current research program advocates for migrant care workers and elderly communities in and beyond Canada.
The article isn’t arguing that, it’s explaining how landlords are using AI tools to screen rental applicants and basing their decisions on the AI analysis of their profile.