techspot IBM to stop hiring ppl for AI capable jobs

[UltraMega]

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Speaking to Bloomberg, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that hiring in non-customer-facing roles, such as human resources, will be suspended or slowed as AI could automate many tasks performed by these hires.

 

Around 26,000 people within IBM currently fill the roles Krishna is referencing. He envisions about 30% being replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period. That equates to around 7,800 jobs.

IBM will stop hiring for jobs that could be performed by an AI

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Speaking to Bloomberg, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that hiring in non-customer-facing roles, such as human resources...

 

 

Surely not just IBM. 

[schuck6566]

OMG! I can see it now. A person goes to HR to report a sexual harassment issue and the AI will be asking them what they did to deserve it and telling them they might as well go home and kill themselves because they are useless to the company and will only cost it more money because of lawsuits.

[iamjanco]

moar ai = moar laid off consumers.