IBM CEO Arvind Krishnaapproximate number of non-customer-facing job positions 30 percentHe said his ‘s could be taken over by artificial intelligence in five years.
International Business Machines (IBM) plans to take a break from hiring for office roles that could potentially be automated by AI. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna explained in an interview with Bloomberg that many back-office positions, such as human resources and accounting departments, will be the first to be managed by artificial intelligence.
Krishna: Artificial Intelligence Can Replace Employees
According to LinkedIn, IBM worldwide 282,000employs people and, according to Bloomberg, approximately 26,000 The staff does not communicate directly with the customer. This is about 7,800It means that the person can be replaced by artificial intelligence.
Making a statement on the subject, Krishna said: “I can easily say that this technology will replace 30 percent of the employees in five years.” However, Krishna thinks that the roles that assess workforce composition, measure productivity, and perform other tasks that leverage human judgment cannot be changed over the next decade.
Many industry experts are at a crossroads over whether emerging technology has the potential to put people out of work on a massive scale.
A recent study found that Americans 62 percent He revealed that . The research report underlined that many employees are also very worried about their future.
Tech-savvy employees, on the other hand, feel a little more secure about their future.
Blockchain developer sharing his views on the subject Salman Arshadsaid that this technology will only serve as a tool to increase productivity, rather than destroy the developer market.
on the other hand IOTA Foundationfounder of Dominik Schiener, believes that this technology will take employment opportunities away from people, but at the same time, this robotic process will create new jobs.
