IBM to Pause Hiring for Jobs That AI Could Do

If I was an "AI" and looked at features that historically had the best predictive power without regard for causality, I'd definitely say this doesn't augur well for the future of AI. Will IBM pass all of these tasks to Watson?

This is typical IBM fluff, no part of the company knows what any part is doing and sales just says random stuff.

> More mundane tasks such as providing employment verification letters or moving employees between departments will likely be fully automated

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.

That would mean roughly 7,800 jobs lost. Part of any reduction would include not replacing roles vacated by attrition, an IBM spokesperson said.

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....