Disruption. From the ‘rise of the machines’ aka the industrial revolution to the surge of the ‘world wide web’ aka the technological revolution, the disruptions altered almost every aspect of human existence. With outcomes like improved operational efficiency and enhanced productivity, they made a clear break with the past regarding how things were done; more specifically how work was done. And the world as it was known changed for good. The technological revolution changed everything right from how we communicate to how we choose the most mundane things in life, like shopping.
We are at the brink of a similar disruption yet again. When we talk about disruption and innovation today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is probably the coolest word on the Internet. In his speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in October 2015, Elon Musk described AI as “summoning the demon,” and the creation of a rival to human intelligence. It is the most buzzing topic with the widest implication for all of us. Here are 5 reasons, why this demon is here to stay and is bringing positive impact in the recruitment industry.
So the ‘demon’ is benefiting recruitment in depth and breadth. The cumulative nature of technological development will only lead to improvement of natural language search and sophistication of semantic capabilities, making machines develop a better command of word associations than our brain is even capable of. Threat or rival, AI is going to stick around.