Artificial intelligence- will it help or hinder humans? I have written about artificial intelligence several times, for example in Future Friday: Artificial Intelligence and the HR world and Future Friday: The future of work definitely involves Artificial Intelligence. So why am I writing about it again? The answer to that question is found in the more widespread coverage that AI is receiving. It is being written about on a wider basis and many people still fear they may lose their job as a result of AI.

AI can be a big boon to HR if we get past problems with data. Last week I attended the #Dreamforce conference, the annual conference of Salesforce.com, while in Chicago the #HRTech Conference was held. At #Dreamforce I watched demonstration of Salesforce.com's new Artificial Intelligence component called Einstein. As I sat their watching what Einstein could do for sales and marketing I was wondering if anyone has anything similar underway in HR. Last year I was at a IBM conference and learned about Watson, IBM's version of AI.