BT CEO warns greater job cuts could be coming – and it’s all AI’s fault – BT could save £3 billion by cutting up to 55,000 workers, AI could end even more contracts
https://www.techradar.com/pro/bt-ceo-warns-increasing-ai-could-lead-to-greater-job-cuts
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BT CEO Allison Kirkby has indicated the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence could lead to even deeper cuts beyond current plans to trim the company’s workforce.
Kirkby confirmed plans, which are hoped to save £3 billion by 2030, to cut 40,000-55,000 jobs by the end of the decade.
In an interview with the [*Financial Times*](https://www.ft.com/content/c8d41424-f2d9-418e-8da2-55823f1c22ca), Kirkby stated: “Depending on what we learn from AI… there may be an opportunity for BT to be even smaller by the end of the decade.”
How is it AIs fault that CEOs are funneling money into its development? Such a nice scapegoat to avoid having to say “CEO warns that their plan to slash labor costs is almost complete”
Kirby earns £1.1M a year, so replacing her would be a very quick way to save money.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-12939881/BT-confirms-start-date-new-boss-Allison-Kirby-amid-fibre-broadband-push.html
All I can say is that I will have no patience for any company that forces me to talk to a chatbot that can’t fix my problem. They will quickly lose my business.
If this AI takeover of jobs happens the companies that are adopting AI will also fail because there will be no one to buy their products when everyone is out of a job lol.
It COULD be they are just using AI as an excuse to downsize everywhere.
Did Elon not prove that twitter continues at what, 30% the size it was?