IBM to Pause Hiring for Jobs That AI Could Do

If I was an &quot;AI&quot; and looked at features that historically had the best predictive power without regard for causality, I&#x27;d definitely say this doesn&#x27;t augur well for the future of AI. Will IBM pass all of these tasks to Watson?<p>This is typical IBM fluff, no part of the company knows what any part is doing and sales just says random stuff.

&gt; More mundane tasks such as providing employment verification letters or moving employees between departments will likely be fully automated<p>Is someone actually writing these at IBM? At every company I have been with, they have been freely available for download from the HR portal. I thought this was a DB lookup from a login and a PDF generator.

<i>That would mean roughly 7,800 jobs lost. Part of any reduction would include not replacing roles vacated by attrition, an IBM spokesperson said.</i><p>How can it be a job lost if they were never hired?

this will suddenly become a bad idea when the suggestion for an AI Board and C level staff is made....