To help you get a glimpse into how HR departments are leveraging AI, we asked business leaders and HR professionals this question for their best insights. From using chatbots for applicant engagement to creating bias-free communication, there are several ways that companies have been leveraging AI that may inspire you to implement AI into your organization's HR department. Leveraging chatbots within your organization can help HR not only prior to a new hire but also with current employees. First, the use of chatbots to engage with candidates during the recruitment process as well as for screening and assessing candidates during recruitment will make the job of HR much easier. Current employees can use company chatbots to look up information such as company policies or best practices and also for employee self-service, such as changing benefits or requesting time off.

"…In many organizations, the human resource department is responsible for many strategic tasks from managing the hiring to [the] termination of employee[s], for example monitoring of employees' at all the levels, handling payroll, managing employee[s'] benefits and so on. To make this work easier[,] organizations across the world are investing in HR automation [to] [carry] out the best human capital decision[s]…" I know what you're thinking: "…my company's board of directors is too visually impaired to consider what kind of impact these new-flanged capabilities will have on the company to actually consider them-- let alone implement them…" but you would be wrong to think this way; because the change is not only already happening, but it is accelerating. While it is true that some companies have not fully considered implementing a complete, top-to-bottom HR automation strategy -- largely because such a thing is still too abstract a problem and a not-so-clear-opportunity right now -- news like Amazon's drive to automate hiring and onboarding for its hourly warehouse workers will not stay secret for long. Do not kid yourselves, while corporate boards are not known for being bastions of innovation and forward-thinking, they know it's possible -- even if they are unable to see its affect on the corporation's current business -- at least, not yet, anyway.

It's not a new concept that people are the core of any business. Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie knew more than 100 years ago the power of his employees when he said, "Take away my people but leave my factories, and soon grass will grow on the factory floors. Take away my factories but leave my people, and soon we will have a new and better factory." Carnegie was speaking from gut instinct. He knew the value of the human element within a business and appreciated that value, working to increase revenues through an inspired, motivated and dedicated workforce.

There are some circles where AI doesn't get the best reputation these days. This is based on disturbing rumors that we may head towards the very doom of the human race where sentient machines take over. While there is a possibility that AI will replace some human jobs, it still has a wide array of applications in the business world where it has the power to improve productivity and automate processes towards a more effective workflow. As such, AI is ideal for running intelligent algorithms on big data to make decisions based on pertinent analysis brought to you in real-time by some of the best and most powerful computing technologies available. This means that business owners can understand their market niche at a different level and promote more efficient sales strategies, thus reducing wasted time and risks.

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the global economy is today described by specialists in the "industrial revolution", as steam machine, oil and electricity and computer in the past. The integration of Artificial Intelligence technologies into business is growing. Artificial intelligence, however, remains a notion whose definitions vary greatly. From HR management (automatic selection of candidates for a desired profile, analysis of CVs, etc.) to law or accounting (proofreading of contracts, automation of accounting acts, etc.), the applications of the Artificial Intelligence already exist in many businesses. Among these opportunities, the AI also proves its legitimacy to accompany the improvement and the modernization of the customer relationship.

According to the 2017 survey prepared by Human Resources Professionals association (HRPA) found that (14%) of respondents indicated their organizations already use some form of AI to assist with human resources decisions. In these instances, AI is being used to assist HR professionals with various tasks, most predominately recruitment (43%) of functions. Additionally, the HRPA survey found that (73%)of respondents were somewhat (60%) or very familiar (13%) with the application of AI to the human resources field, while 84% of HRPA members believe AI is a useful tool for HR. At the same time, the survey found that 68% of respondents believed their workplaces were either'not very prepared' (33%) or'not prepared at all' (35%).