Technology is changing HR in companies

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> AI will streamline data entry procedures, track employees’ moods, and map the physical movements of hands and bodies to scientifically configure the most productive day for each employee.

I cannot think of many things more horrific. It's not AI that scares me, it's people. The nonchalance with which this sentence is woven into a buzzword-dominated article shocks me to the core.

People are truly horrific.

Well if people are truly horrific, isn't it really good that AI takes over everything that people control today.

The part that angers me the most is that AI + HR could make employee lives better. Instead, it will be used to (further) reduce the human element of a company to productivity metrics (which will almost certainly be obscure and meaningless).

If productivity is the goal, use a carrot not a stick.

This stuck out for me as well. Companies who forget the human element of their employees will be racing against bullshit KPIs where the employees are bullshitting their KPIs to gain freedom. Heat sensors under desk? Throw a hand warmer in the chair. Not making enough commits? Time to break down commits even further.

It's a game that won't net any positives, and I can't imagine any place but the bleakest of corporations attempting to implement this type of crap.

>I believe AI and IoT won’t replace HR professionals.

This article was clearly written by a Neural Net trained against buzzwords.

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