Recruiter's AI Digest #63
Resources and perspectives to keep you ahead of the curve as AI deepens its impact in Recruiting. 🤖
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Check out the awesome material this week 📖 :
32 new jobs that are being created by AI-assisted decision-making
(Amplify Cognition)Our thoughts on Automation
(The Neuron)HR Tech and AI
(David Hanrahan, Flare)The knowledge economy is being eroded by AI. Welcome to the ‘relationship economy,’
(Fortune)
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32 new jobs that are being created by AI-assisted decision-making
(Amplify Cognition)
TLDR: There are new types of roles emerging which imagine a world where humans and AI work side by side
AI is creating new roles that combine human expertise with AI capabilities to enhance decision-making and organizational performance. Here are some of the 32 examples put together by Ross Dawson at Amplifying Cognition:
AI Explainability Translator: Communicates complex AI decisions to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and trust.
AI Legal Compliance Specialist: Navigates legal standards for AI use, mitigating legal risks.
AI Training Data Curator: Ensures high-quality, relevant, and ethically sourced data for AI models.
AI Bias Detection Analyst: Identifies and addresses biases in AI models to promote fairness.
AI User Experience Researcher: Improves AI usability and trust through human interaction studies.
AI Explainability Specialist: Makes AI decision processes transparent and interpretable.
AI Decision Auditor: Conducts audits to ensure AI decisions are compliant, fair, and effective.
AI-Augmented Decision Strategist: Integrates AI insights with human expertise for optimal outcomes.
Human-AI Interaction Designer: Designs interfaces for effective human-AI collaboration.
AI Governance Director: Develops policies for responsible AI use within organizations.
See the full list here
Our thoughts on Automation
(The Neuron)
Here is the Neuron’s (a popular generic AI newsletter) take on AI, automation and jobs:
Worker Anxiety about AI:
Many workers, like a Trader Joe’s cashier, express concerns about AI taking over jobs.
30% of workers worldwide share this anxiety.
AI's Current Limitations and Capabilities:
AI isn't replacing millions of jobs en masse due to its current limitations.
AI can perform specific tasks well but still requires human oversight for complete job roles.
Example: Klarna's customer support bot replacing the work of 700 human agents.
AI Replacing Job Tasks, Not Entire Jobs:
In the short term, AI is more likely to replace tasks rather than whole jobs.
Jobs consisting of single tasks that AI can handle are at higher risk.
Impact on Freelancing:
Significant drops in freelance gigs for repetitive writing (30.4%) and coding (20.6%) since the introduction of AI tools like ChatGPT.
Compensation for low-value, routine tasks is declining.
Pressure on Creative Jobs:
Some creatives, like concept artist Reid Southen, are losing work to AI tools.
OpenAI’s CTO Mira Murati’s comment on creative job displacement stirred controversy. “Some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.”
Broader Implications:
AI's role in enhancing versus displacing jobs remains a complex and evolving issue.
The necessity for continuous adaptation and the reevaluation of job roles in the AI era.
HR Tech and AI
(David Hanrahan, Flare)
TLDR: AI HR Tech is seriously, and will keep on disrupting the HR space and will have major implications for how People team’s spend their day-to-day.
Read the post / comments here.
The knowledge economy is being eroded by AI. Welcome to the ‘relationship economy,’
(Fortune)
TLDR: LinkedIn’s chief economist thinks there will be a rise in demand for AI skills at work, but don’t forger good old fashioned relationship skills will be more important than ever.
LinkedIn’s chief economist, Karin Kimbrough, highlights a shift from the knowledge economy to a "relationship economy," where interpersonal skills are increasingly crucial alongside AI capabilities. Here are the key points:
Shift to Relationship Economy:
Interpersonal skills are becoming as essential as knowledge.
Success now depends on both AI expertise and human-centric skills like judgment, problem-solving, and negotiation.
Balanced Skill Demand:
There's a growing need for both AI skills and traditional human skills.
AI is changing job tasks rather than replacing entire jobs.
Interview Focus:
The top interview question for 2024 is “Tell me about how you use AI in your job?”
HR professionals should value both AI proficiency and interpersonal skills in candidates.
Generational Adaptability:
AI adoption is a mindset and not limited to any specific generation.
Professionals from all age groups are embracing AI.
Read it here.
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