This episode features an interview with Rajamma Krishnamurthy, Senior Director and Leader of Enterprise AI Strategy at Microsoft. Rajamma has over two decades of experience empowering human resources through technology at Fortune 100 companies. She has led large scale digital transformations and has managed teams across the globe.

In this episode, Amanda sits down with Rajamma to discuss enabling HR through AI, tackling biases, and improving the employee lifecycle with AI.

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“Think of AI as your caddie that's going to walk in with all of your golf clubs. They will even tell you which iron to take out and hit the golf ball with. But, you are the one that needs to decide which iron and where, how fast and how big you hit, and you need to make that hole in one. AI is going to be of tremendous help in all the burdensome aspects of your work. But, you have to take whatever AI gives, you have to judge it and you have to make a good judgment call based on that. And you have to then implement it in your area. I feel like there will always be humans in the middle of everything that we do.” – Rajamma Krishnamurthy

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Episode Timestamps:

*(02:09): Rajamma explains her new role at Microsoft

*(04:04): Segment: Story Time

*(06:43): Segment: Getting Tactical

*(07:03): How AI enables the HR space

*(13:09): Segment: Ripped From The Headlines

*(13:35): Rajamma’s stance on AI taking away jobs

*(17:07): How to deal with biases in AI

*(24:39): Segment: Asking For a Friend

*(27:03): How employees feel about AI in HR

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Links:

Data & Society

AI Now Institute

Partnership on AI

Data & Trust Alliance

Download the Algorithmic Bias Safeguards for Workforce

Connect with Rajamma on LinkedIn

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