2027 so interesting. Not because we know what is coming, but because we don't

After two days at an AI conference, I left with more questions than answers. And one question keeps coming back to me. If AI becomes better at deciding who should be hired, who should work with whom, what skills are needed and what work should even exist, what exactly will the role of HR look like?

For years, we went to conferences to talk about the future. Five years from now. Ten years from now. We talked about Facebook changing the way we communicate, founders becoming more important than big companies, and creators becoming more powerful than traditional media.

I remember conferences around 2010 and 2011 when everyone was trying to understand this new world. And look at what happened. Donald Trump can have more followers than the Republican Party. Tim Cook can have more followers than Apple. Elon Musk can have more followers than Tesla.

The person became bigger than the organisation.

But now something feels very different. We are not only asking how businesses will work in the future. We are starting to ask if humans will work in the same way at all.

And this is where the conversation becomes uncomfortable.

The answer we seem to be hoping for is regulation. But regulation can also mean slowing down. It can mean putting a fence around something that is moving faster than we can understand.

Maybe that is necessary. Maybe it isn't.

But after two days, I don't feel we are any closer to knowing.

And honestly, that is what makes 2027 so interesting. Not because we know what is coming, but because we don't.

It feels like the rules of the game are changing while we are still playing the old game.

Interesting times are coming.