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The robots coming for our jobs will also help fire us
Artificial intelligence has infiltrated decision-making on hiring, training and evaluations. Now it is creeping into the layoff process as well.
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AI has already infiltrated multiple parts of the human resources process, from hiring to onboarding to evaluating.
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Beth Kowitt
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For those who take a sadistic pleasure in looking for evidence that we are creeping closer to a dystopian future where humans are ruled by their robot overlords, consider this possible nightmare scenario: Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only coming for your job, but will have a hand in laying you off, too.
AI has already infiltrated multiple parts of the human resources process, from hiring to onboarding to training to evaluating. It is not a huge stretch to think that in an efficiency-obsessed sector like technology, tools designed to streamline decision-making are now making their way into layoffs. The conditions here are ripe for it: Tech’s nearly 42,000 job cuts in January were the second-highest on record for the sector, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
