If AI Is Really Taking Jobs, Your HR People May Be First to Go (Correct)

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Earlier this summer, 20,000 people gathered at the largest human resources conference in the country. The Orlando event was a blowout: Christina Aguilera performed a full-length concert, Oprah Winfrey gave the keynote address, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park closed its doors to outside guests for one night to become a “private playground” for swarms of HR professionals. And yet, all it took to sour the mood was the mention of artificial intelligence.<br>Illustration: Kati Szilagyi for Bloomberg Businessweek

“The livelihoods of everyone in this room, the 1.6 million people in this country and the 6.7 million people globally who practice HR are ...

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