“In the near term, AI is creating more jobs than it is replacing,” reads an against-the-grain report by LinkedIn, the social media and employment platform. At this stage of AI development, businesses are spending much of that on hiring people, not building bots. Data annotators, forensic analysts, and forward-deployed engineers are roles dedicated to preparing businesses for the technological future and executing AI transformations. Others are simpler to understand—heads of AI and AI engineers do what they say on the tin. “Where it really works is when you’re bringing together the best of the technology with the best of those unique human recruiter skills,” Duke says.