CEO of the multinational IBM, Arvind Krishna, plans to replace 7,8 workers with Artificial Intelligence

Arvind Krishna, CEO of the multinational IBM, plans to replace 7,8 employees with robots that use Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Arvind Krishna, the CEO of International Business Machines (IBM), a company that operates in the information technology sector, said the company should stop hiring new employees in jobs that can be performed by AI (Artificial Intelligence, or AI, in English). The multinational executive plans replace current employees in non-customer-facing areas.

Multinational IBM plans to exchange 7,8 jobs for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The statement was made in an interview given to the Bloomberg website. Arvind Krishna believes that 30% of the multinational's workforce can be replaced by Artificial Intelligence and automation in the next five years.

A IBM's estimate would be to replace 7,8 jobs of individuals with AI that can make certain tasks automated, including in the human resources sector. The executive did not go into detail if he plans to carry out rounds of dismissals, however, he said that some positions will not be replaced when they become vacant.

Currently, the multinational IBM has around 260 employees worldwide, where 10% of this total are allocated to positions outside customer service. If the promise is finalized, the total unemployed could rise to up to 26.

What the labor market What he fears now is that other companies will follow in IBM's footsteps, especially if this initiative by the multinational is successful. However, no layoff schedule or planning has been disclosed, that is, it may still take months or even years for the multinational to begin the replacement process.

This is not the first situation that the PC assembler goes through. Arvind Krishna's multinational had already announced the dismissal of 3,9 people in early 2023, a number that could reach 5 jobs by the end of the first quarter.

Will Artificial Intelligence Change the Job Market?

The announcement of Exchange of workers for IBM robots it is yet another bomb in the AI ​​sector, which is seen as a villain in several labor sectors. There is a real fear of an increase in unemployment at a global level due to the arrival of AI in activities carried out by humans, as the “godfather of AI” stressed in his resignation from Google. Tasks that are linked to creating content or carrying out daily tasks could be performed, at least to some extent, by intelligent chatbots such as Chat GPT. 

Some social sectors are apprehensive about this possibility, however, until then, no company had made plans to exchange workers for AIs as clear as the multinational IBM, owned by executive Arvind Krishna. It is worth mentioning that the BuzzFeed ended its news division after incorporating the production of content by Artificial Intelligence in place of journalists.

IBM's experiment may leave experience in the market. If it works out, there is a chance of more advances in the technology sector. If it goes wrong, perhaps there is a little more caution on the part of entrepreneurs in dealing with human resources in their companies.

Understand what can be considered Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field of Computer Science that creates algorithms and systems capable of doing tasks with large databases. Applications include machine learning, facial recognition, data mining, image diagnostics, language models such as ChatGPT, image generators such as DALL-E 2, and Midjourney.

Artificial intelligence makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform tasks like humans. Most of the examples of AI that you hear about today depend on deep learning and natural language processing.

With these technologies, computers can be trained to perform specific tasks by processing large amounts of data and recognizing patterns in that data.