> Still, stretched-thin HR teams say it’s the only way to handle thousands of applicants.

I get the impression this is because it's too easy for candidates to apply for a job. I wonder if there is a way to put pressure on job seekers to be more selective about where they apply? (Or otherwise for a company to allow a candidate that's only applied to a handful of jobs to skip the AI?)

In person applications could add some friction to both parties.