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HR's Cold Seat Reality
In Part 2 of The Chad & Cheese AI Sessions, Matt Charney returns to challenge the idea that layering artificial intelligence onto outdated infrastructure will deliver meaningful transformation.**
This episode offers a sharp critique of current trends and misconceptions in the HR tech space, including:
- The growing risks of white-labeled large language models (LLMs), which present significant compliance and legal exposure
- The danger of chasing “first to market” status with AI—often at the cost of long-term stability or credibility
- The persistent myth of HR’s strategic influence, and why its much-discussed “seat at the table” remains tenuous at best
- The importance of demonstrating business impact over vague metrics like “talent pipelines” when advocating for investment or innovation
Charney also makes a compelling case for recruiters to focus less on efficiency and more on becoming genuinely trustworthy and irreplaceable—qualities that no algorithm can replicate.
From the fragility of tech stacks to the fiction of templated job descriptions, this conversation explores what it really takes to future-proof talent acquisition—without getting replaced by a chatbot in a blazer.
