Artificial intelligence and algorithms in the workplace

Is removing subjective human choice from HR decisions going to create more problems than it solves? We are all very aware of human failings when it comes to people management in the workplace. To that extent the handing over of some management decisions to algorithms and AI (a term for which there is no common definition but which can cover a scenario where many algorithms work together with the ability to improve their own function) may seem like a no brainer. The technology is certainly out there and being aggressively marketed. The rise of the gig economy is tied into the increase in the use of algorithms and AI, as the software began to be used on platforms such as Uber in an attempt to optimise the deployment of workers.