It has been on the agenda for a while that rapidly developing artificial intelligence can replace the work done by humans in the future. A report recently published by Bloomberg revealed that IBM, one of the world’s largest information technology companies, plans to make moves in this regard.
According to the report, the company’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, stated that hiring for thousands of positions could be stopped. The company thinks that around 7800 positions could be filled with artificial intelligence in the near future.
IBM CEO thinks these positions will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 5 years
Krishna stated that hiring in departments such as human resources will be suspended or slowed down. This showed that approximately 26,000 non-customer-related employees could be affected.
In the continuation of his statement, the CEO used the following statements about the replacement of humans by artificial intelligence: “I can see that 30% of these positions have been replaced by artificial intelligence and automation in five years.” Krishna added that he believes certain positions will be fully automated, adding that he does not expect some human resources areas, such as evaluating workforce and productivity, to change in the next 10 years.
On the other hand, IBM added that it will continue to recruit in software development and client-related positions. The company, which has around 260 thousand employees in total, hired approximately 7000 new employees in the first quarter.
It is estimated that artificial intelligence could replace millions of jobs in the near future.
IBM’s plan came amid concerns that generative AI models like ChatGPT could replace humans. In recent months, US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs estimated that artificial intelligence could automate 300 million jobs. This revealed that the number of people in many positions could be reduced or replaced with artificial intelligence models.
However, artificial intelligence began to be scapegoated to drive people out. Popular storage DropBox fired 500 employees last week, saying it wanted to be “at the forefront of the artificial intelligence era.” DropBox CEO Drew Houston said these layoffs would enable them to establish a new AI division at the company.
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