https://www.businessinsider.com/layoffs-sweeping-us-these-are-companies-making-cuts-2024
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Still the same nonsense about "AI replacing jobs at IBM". AI is not; our AI solutions are really bad and incapable of replacing a single human worker with even below average intelligence. Rather IBM is outsourcing massively to India - same old sh-t as Palmisano's Roadmap 2015. Call it "Roadmap 2025" given how much Arvind loves Elon Musk.
Old and recycled news...
No new information in this article related to IBM since it was first referenced in this original post 16 April 2024: @OP+1s4QiVzd
[Article much too lengthy to quote in its entirety so just excerpting the complete IBM section below].
IBM cutting staff in marketing and communications --
IBM's chief communications officer Jonathan Adashek told employees on March 12 that it would be cutting staff, CNBC reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
An IBM spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement that the cuts follow a broader workforce action the company announced during its earnings call in January.
"In 4Q earnings earlier this year, IBM disclosed a workforce rebalancing charge that would represent a very low single-digit percentage of IBM's global workforce, and we expect to exit 2024 at roughly the same level of employment as we entered with," they said.
IBM has also been clear about the impact of AI on its workforce. Last May, IBM's CEO Arvind Krishna said the company expected to pause hiring on roles that could be replaced by AI, especially in areas like human resources and other non-consumer-facing departments.
"I could easily see 30% of that getting replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period," Krishna told Bloomberg at the time.