Artificial intelligence won’t replace humans, only their jobs, says IBM executive
Artificial intelligence won’t replace humans, only their jobs, says IBM executive
Publish Date: 2026-06-26 12:02:00
Source Domain: www.manilatimes.net
ARTIFICIAL intelligence may be advancing at a pace that is reshaping entire industries, but it is not displacing the need for human judgment, accountability or domain expertise. Instead, it is reorganizing the structure of work itself, according to Arun Biswas, Global AI and Sustainability Leader at IBM Consulting.
Speaking to The Manila Times after his presentation at the Asian Development Bank, Biswas said the future of employment will be defined less by machines replacing people and more by the emergence of new human roles created by increasingly capable AI systems. “Human judgment and accountability will remain,” he said. “AI is a machine. You can’t hold AI accountable. You have to hold a human accountable at the end of the day.”
Across Asia, governments and industries are wrestling with the implications of rapid AI adoption, from job displacement to workforce readiness to the need for new governance frameworks. Biswas argues that the real challenge is not simply teaching workers new technical skills but preparing them for roles that do not yet exist.
“In any of these rapid technological shifts, you not only need people to learn new skills, you’ll actually have new roles coming up,” he said.
He pointed to software development as a clear example. While AI systems are becoming increasingly capable of generating code, reducing the volume of traditional programming work, this does not eliminate the need for people. It shifts the work toward validating AI‑generated outputs, setting operational context, monitoring performance and ensuring compliance.
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