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IBM CEO Rometty Believes AI To Change Workforce Sooner Than Experts Predict.

 

Dice Insights Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (4/4, Kolakowski) reports that “IBM CEO Ginni Rometty believes that A.I. will change the workforce (and jobs) much sooner than you might think.” Citing the CNBC keynote address, the article adds that “Rometty also suggested that AI will impact every industry. This echoes comments she made earlier this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which she said that “new technologies” risked disenfranchising ‘a large part of society.’” Becker’s Hospital Review Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (4/4, Rappleye) reports that “IBM’s ‘predictive attrition program’ can identify employees about to quit.” Developed with Watson, the AI tool “helps managers identify employees who are planning an exit and recommends strategies to re-engage those workers.” Becker’s adds, “It is part of a larger suite of AI-powered human resources tools.”

 

        The Pulse 2.0 Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (4/4, Baker) reports IBM CEO Ginni Rometty during the CNBC keynote address “pointed out that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is going to shape up one of the biggest opportunities and challenges at the same time.” Rometty said, “As a result, we face an imminent and profound transformation of the workforce over the next five to 10 years as analytics and artificial intelligence change job roles at companies in all industries.” Pulse 2.0 adds that “IBM is investing $1 billion in apprenticeship programs for training workers for ‘new collar’ jobs.” In addition to P-TECH programs, “IBM and the Consumer Technology Association partnered to launch the CTA Apprenticeship Coalition — which will create thousands of new apprenticeships in 20 states in January.”

 

       

Neil Kane