I don't need to tell my readers how important AI is. Rumor has it that AI is more popular that schnitzel in Vienna or triple cheeseburgers with onions in the US. However, we ladies in HR do not rely (only) on rumors, we use big data. This having been said, bigdata is smaller than AI, from an HR perspective.
I shall move on. On Friday, we had a senior management meeting to define the domain knowledge that our nerds need to have about AI in order to pass the hurdle and join our team. Hitherto, all a nerd needed to join our firm was a valid foreign passport, a name such as Sanjay, Moshe or Lars, and a belief in intrinsic compensation.
This has changed. Due to our "brand recognition strategy", all new nerds need AI domain expertise, albeit limited.
Mister Herr Krebbs, our CFO, noted that "ve are not in ze fielt of AI-so vay ve haf is zis disussion". Our CTO and User Experience Czar, Comrade Karl Marks, eyed our downsizer Ms Axe and noted that "there is nothing artificial about you". Our CEO Stan asked me to boil down the "entry bar" to the correct answer to 3 basic questions. The Head of Diversity, Hugh White (who is straight and white as a lily) added that "being born in Asia or a ghetto must not impact the ability to answer the questions properly".
I made a note to myself that Hugh need a corrective action plan, including a year in invoicing.
Based on the input of my colleagues, I penned three questions, which will appear from tomorrow on our web site/candidates/questionnaire/english.
1) Do you think AI can be smarter than a seasoned HR lady with feline instincts?
2) If you were swimming across the English channel, would you rather rest in Jersey, or read an article generated by AI?
3) If you were in Scotland, would you try to understand the local dialect, or use google translate?
