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AI in Human Resources – Wharton Professors Matthew Bidwell and Sonny Tambe | AI in Focus Series

EPISODE OVERVIEW
While workers are looking at AI to boost their productivity, so are managers. Wharton professors Matthew Bidwell and Sonny Tambe – faculty co-director of AI at Wharton – join Eric Bradlow, vice dean of Analytics at Wharton, to discuss AI’s transformation of human resources (HR), offering guidance for managers and decision-makers on ways to leverage AI to improve the workplace while dealing with uncertainty and other rising concerns. This interview is part of a special 10-part series called “AI in Focus.”

Topics and questions covered:
00:00 – Introductions
1:23 – How will AI impact how we manage people?
4:57 – Concerns over AI in human resources
7:38 – What is unique about today’s AI?
10:24 – How does AI know which problems to solve?
14:14 – Potential applications for AI
18:47 – Which jobs at risk?
22:05 – Profs. Bidwell and Tambe use of AI in the classroom

SERIES OVERVIEW
The artificial intelligence revolution is officially upon us. Hear from host Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at Wharton, as he meets with Wharton faculty experts across a wide range of business domains – from healthcare and neuroscience to sports and the auto industry – to learn how AI will impact these fields moving forward, and what we can do to stay ahead of the curve.

#wharton #ai #artificialintelligence #hr #humanresources

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