IBM CEO Says AI Has Replaced Hundreds of Workers But Created New Programming, Sales Jobs (wsj.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/143250/ibm-ceo-says-ai-has-replaced-hundreds-of-workers-but-created-new-programming-sales-jobs
- Source link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-ceo-says-ai-has-replaced-hundreds-of-workers-but-created-new-programming-sales-jobs-54ea6b58
> Krishna's comments on Monday come as businesses sort through the workforce impacts of AI and AI agents, the independent bots that can autonomously perform tasks like analyze spreadsheets, conduct research and draft emails.
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> While there haven't yet been widespread layoffs or downsizing as a result of AI across the economy, some business leaders have said they are holding down head count as they investigate the use of the technology.
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> Meanwhile, the information-technology workforce has continued to shrink as AI weighs on hiring and some workers leave the field. For IBM, which this week hosts its annual Think conference in Boston, AI adoption has led it to boost hiring in some functions.
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So many AI producers .... working so hard (Score:4, Insightful)
Dang! Now we need 'AI consumers' to accept all this excess productivity
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[1] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6902176/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl
That's 0.07% (Score:5, Interesting)
Google says IBM's headcount at the start of the year was about 290,000. Mr. IBM says they've replaced a couple of hundred workers.
200 / 290,000 = 0.07%.
Quite tiny, in the overall scheme of things.
Sales people (Score:2)
Yeah. And we're seeing them all on Slashdot. Pushing their AI garbage.
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I don't think anyone questions the desired endgame, nor do they doubt that 'good enough' will be used in a heartbeat to get there even if somewhat lacking. The questions just about the relative applicability to one job versus another, and just how good the technology really is or potential. I've been evaluating and while it's certainly likely to enable a whole lot of previously untouchable use cases, it doesn't quite live up to the hype, and everyone breathlessly talking about it taking over just so much of
BUTLERIAN JIHAD coming soon (Score:1)
The Butlerian Jihad will remove these AI agents, replace then back with humanity, and proscribe against using them again.
So said Harry.
So say I
1st Speaker, Third Foundation.
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> The Butlerian Jihad will remove these AI agents, replace then back with humanity, and proscribe against using them again.
> So said Harry.
> So say I
> 1st Speaker, Third Foundation.
I've wondered myself if humanity will rebel against computer systems, especially AI-centric systems, when the full extent of the damage to the job market becomes apparent.