Smart machines and robots may replace highly-trained professionals in the jobs related to medicine, law and IT sectors by 2022, market research firm Gartner has warned.
\nCIOs have a major role to play in preparing businesses for the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on business strategy and human employment, it added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe economics of AI and machine learning will lead to many tasks performed by professionals today becoming low-cost utilities,\u201d said Stephen Prentice, vice president and Gartner Fellow, in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAI\u2019s effects on different industries will force the enterprise to adjust its business strategy. Many competitive, high-margin industries will become more like utilities as AI turns complex work into a metered service that the enterprise pays for, like electricity,\u201d Prentice added.<\/p>\n
The effects that AI will have on the enterprise will depend on its industry, business, organisation and customers.<\/p>\n
Financial services is another industry where jobs such as loan origination and insurance claims adjustment could be automated.<\/p>\n
\u201dUltimately, AI and humans will differentiate themselves from each other,\u201d said Prentice.<\/p>\n
AI is most successful in addressing problems that are reasonably well-defined and narrow in scope, whereas humans excel at defining problems that need to be solved and at solving complex problems.<\/p>\n
\u201dThey can collaborate with one another, and when situations change significantly, humans can adjust,\u201d the Gartner Fellow said.<\/p>\n
AI will eventually replace many routine functions of the IT organisation, particularly on the operations side, such as in system administration, help desk, project management and application support.<\/p>\n
Some roles will disappear, but AI will improve some skills shortages, and the IT organisation as a whole will increasingly focus on more creative work that differentiates the enterprise.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe CIO should commission the enterprise architecture team to identify which IT roles will become utilities and create a timeline for when these changes become possible,\u201d said Prentice.<\/p>\n
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