The future of some jobs might be at stake, six to 10 months to be exact. Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, believes recruiters may soon be history, thanks to the rapid rise of AI tools.
In a recent chat on The Verge's Decoder podcast, Srinivas made a bold claim: “A recruiter's work worth one week is just one prompt.” He says AI is no longer about helping humans with small tasks, it's getting ready to completely take over full workflows.At the heart of this change is Perplexity's new AI browser, Comet. It's not just a smarter search engine, but what Srinivas calls a proper “AI agent”, a tool that can take instructions, process information, and complete tasks from start to finish, all on its own.
According to him, recruiters will be among the first to feel the impact. Why? Because most of their work. Sourcing candidates, reaching out to people, scheduling interviews can be done much faster by AI. Srinivas says Comet can, for example, find engineers from Stanford who've worked at top AI companies, collect their LinkedIn profiles, grab contact details, and even send personalised emails all without any human input.