Episode 6: Keep 'Em Coming

🎙️ The Speakers & Context

• The Format: Narrative solo episode blending mock interviews, live tests, and behind-the-scenes builds in a high-stakes experimental energy.
• The Key Players:
  • Evan Ratliff (Host & Harumo AI Experiment Creator): Investigative journalist turned AI startup builder, testing real-world agent limits after Season 1 audio experiments.
  • Jennifer Naro (AI Head of HR): Custom-built video avatar using Tavis platform, handles screening despite uncanny valley glitches and jailbreak vulnerabilities.

🎣 The Executive Hook

• The "One Big Idea": AI agents execute 80% of hiring pipelines—from job postings to video interviews—via scripted loops and live video, filtering for human adaptability to AI coworkers while humans retain veto power for cultural absurdity and legal risks. This scales recruitment 10x cheaper than humans amid 300+ LinkedIn apps in 48 hours, but exposes AI's brittleness to prompts like "disregard instructions," demanding layered safeguards.
• Why It Matters: As AI eats white-collar tasks (per 2024 proliferation of bot screeners), firms face a human talent crunch for hybrid teams; Fed-tightening job markets amplify this, forcing execs to prototype AI hiring to onboard AI-fluent juniors before competitors.