HR must disrupt itself first or become irrelevant in the AI era

WE’VE heard the warnings for years. Artificial intelligence is coming for jobs. Entire functions will vanish. Offices will empty while algorithms hum in the background.

The fear-mongering is loud, the optimism louder: upskill, reskill, rethink how we work. Conferences fill with slides promising a brighter, more productive future.

Yet for all the talk, one uncomfortable truth remains: AI is still overwhelmingly a technology agenda. It is conceived in engineering rooms, funded by chief technology officer budgets, and deployed by teams chasing the next platform or productivity metric.