Artificial intelligence
IBM boss: Fewer settings for some jobs because of AI
IBM CEO Arvind Krischna estimates that around a third of the jobs in HR administration can be replaced by AI and automation in five years. photo
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Because certain activities can be replaced by AI, the computer group IBM no longer wants to fill some vacant positions in the future. This could particularly affect human resource management.
IBM boss Arvind Krischna expects that fewer people will be hired for some jobs because their activities can be taken over by software based on artificial intelligence (AI). Krishna told the Bloomberg financial service in an interview published on Monday. According to his estimates, around a third of the jobs in HR administration could be replaced by AI and automation in five years.
Because of this, hiring for such clerical work is being suspended or slowed down, Krishna said. IBM employs about 26,000 people who have no direct contact with customers.
According to the group, some of the vacancies will not be filled. In contrast, software development and areas with customer contact will continue to be discontinued. IBM has a total of around 260,000 employees.
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The text machine ChatGPT, Google’s competitor software Bard and programs that can generate images based on text descriptions are currently causing a stir. ChatGPT, for example, formulates texts by estimating the likely continuation of a sentence word by word.
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A consequence of this programming is that the software invents not only correct information but also completely incorrect information – but no difference is recognizable for the user. Because of this, there are concerns that their skills could be used, for example, to produce and spread disinformation. However, experts expect that this problem can be solved.