Introduction to disruption

0:27 Hello learners, welcome back to the course on AI in human resource management. Today, we move to the last lecture of module 6, where we look into disruptive innovations. When we talk about AI, is it a disruptive innovation? Let's understand it based on the future of HRM, the future of human resource management. I'm Dr. Abraham Cyril Issac. I'm an assistant professor at the School of Business, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Now, when you look into disruptive innovations—or, you know, many times we hear this term 'disruptions' within the industry.

0:58 What do you mean by disruptive innovation? Disruptive innovation is something that changes the industry altogether. There has been some routine way of doing things or some routine way of executing certain aspects. Suddenly, there is some technology that comes in and drastically changes the entire industry. This is what disruptive technology is. We have seen it with the advent of computers or the internet. It has been happening for some time now. Now, let's examine whether AI is going to be a disruptive innovation.

1:30 Now for that we'll look into AI, the impact of AI specifically. When we understand it as a disruption or is it actually a disruption or it is just a precursor of something else. But for that, let's first understand what do you mean specifically