# Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/things-ai-still-cant-screen-for-when-youre-hiring-engineers-pxyv>
> Published: 2026-08-14 11:15:00+00:00

# Things AI Still Can't Screen For When You're Hiring Engineers

By Elton Chan, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)As AI absorbs more of the legible half of hiring, the return on founder

[attention](/glossary/attention)shifts almost entirely to the illegible half.Get AI news in your inbox

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