The AI tool, ChatGPT, has become a popular topic of discussion worldwide due to its versatility and efficiency. Since its launch on November 30th, 2022, ChatGPT has proven to be a reliable tool for completing complex tasks and making them simpler. Whether it involves cracking the UPenn Wharton MBA exam, writing admission essays for Ivy League schools, or completing basic tasks such as writing emails, posts, recipes, and more, ChatGPT can handle them all. However, there are certain professions that require traits such as creativity, empathy, critical thinking, and human interaction, which AI cannot replace.

The advanced technology of OpenAI-powered ChatGPT and the recently launched GPT-4 has created fear among people, especially IT professionals who are already experiencing mass layoffs. This has raised the question of whether ChatGPT will replace programmers and other IT professionals.

The ongoing competition among AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google's BARD, Microsoft's Bing, ChatSonic, and China's Baidu App-powered Ernie has increased the fear of job loss or replacement among IT professionals. In 2023 alone, 503 tech companies worldwide have laid off 1,39,165 employees, and the rise of the AI chatbot era has contributed to a certain percentage of this ongoing tech layoff.

A recent Goldman Sachs report predicted that 300 million jobs are at risk of being replaced or becoming obsolete. The report also stated that 4% of jobs in Europe and 25% of jobs in the US could be automated. With this in mind, the fear among IT professionals regarding the replacement of their jobs by advanced AI technology is valid.

AI has certainly helped to unburden many tasks and simplify workloads, but even with advanced technology, there are still some job roles that AI won't be able to replace so easily in the current and future scenario. Here are 7 IT jobs that AI can't replace:

• Prgrammers: While AI can assist in coding to a certain degree, creating complex code is still beyond its range. Programmers use AI as their assistance, but the major work needs to be done by them manually. Junior developers/SDE-1 can get replaced by AI for easier tasks, but programmers are safe as long as they upgrade their skills, understand the client and business's requirements, debug code, plan how the software should work, find and fix mistakes, test software, and improve it based on feedback.
• Hardware Technicians: While AI can provide suggestions and recommendations for hardware issues, it cannot physically repair or replace hardware components. A hardware technician diagnoses and repairs problems with computer components, such as CPUs, motherboards, and hard drives. To fix issues and ensure that the computer runs properly, they often work with specialized tools and equipment.
• Cybersecurity Analysts: AI can assist cybersecurity analysts in identifying and responding to potential threats, but it cannot replace them. Cybersecurity analysts analyze and respond to cyber threats, such as hacking attempts, viruses, and malware.
• Data Analysts: AI can assist data analysts in processing and analyzing data, but it cannot replace them. Data analysts collect, process, and perform statistical analyses of data to identify trends and insights.
• Technical Writers: AI can assist technical writers in generating reports and documentation, but it cannot replace them. Technical writers create and edit technical documentation, such as user manuals and training material
• Network Administrators: AI can assist network administrators in managing and monitoring networks, but it cannot replace them. Network administrators install, configure, and maintain computer networks and ensure network security.
• Web Developers: AI can assist web developers in designing and building websites, but it cannot replace them. Web developers create and maintain websites and web applications, ensuring they function properly and meet user needs.
• In conclusion, while AI can assist in many tasks, it cannot replace the skills and expertise of human workers in many IT job roles. Upgrading skills and focusing on tasks that require creativity, critical thinking, empathy, and human interaction can help workers stay relevant and secure in their jobs.

On 4 April, cloud services provider AWS welcomed more than 9,000 people to the Palais des Congrès in Paris for its annual event, AWS Summit. It was an opportunity to review the investments made in France and the desire to expand in Europe. The cloud giant also announced the launch of two programmes aimed at start-ups.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was present in Paris on 4 April to give an update on its cloud solutions and to highlight its customers and partners. The American provider is making a comeback with its Summit 2023. Julien Groues, country manager of AWS France and Italy, launched the day with a keynote speech in which various customers spoke about their migration to AWS tools. For the occasion, Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, VP of Technology AWS was also present in front of more than 9,000 people (8,000 entries were registered in 2022). During this morning, the testimonies were multiplied. Alix Boulnois, chief digital officer of Accor and Cédric Lewandowski, executive director and director of the nuclear and thermal park of the EDF group, spoke about the reasons that led these two large French companies to adopt AWS solutions.

Other companies also shared their feedback, from a distance. These included Air Liquide, Compagnie des Alpes, eTF1 and more recent companies such as Hugging Face, Mano Mano, Metron and Swile. The objective is clear for the cloud giant: to remind people of the extent to which it is everywhere, in all sectors of activity and with ever more varied use cases. "AWS in France represents 6 billion euros of investment over the 2017-2031 period. More than 80% of the CAC40 and more than 75% of the Next40 are customers," says Julien Groues. To date, the firm has no less than 1,000 employees spread between Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Paris and Toulouse and claims to have trained more than 100,000 people in the cloud.

Europe, a rapidly expanding market

At European level, the figures speak for themselves: 42% of EU companies use the AWS cloud. Defining itself as "competitive, secure and sustainable", it is not afraid to ride the green trend that is taking hold of the continent to be more attractive. "We are working hard to build a sustainable infrastructure. This includes the energy we consume. 95% of the electricity we use in Europe for our data centres is from renewable sources. Praising the savings that companies can make by switching to the cloud - in the order of "30% on average" - Julien Groues took advantage of the event to make a subtle announcement: the launch of the European Defence Accelerator for start-ups.

In its press release, the company said that "the aim of this accelerator is to support start-ups with AWS technologies to deliver energy resilience, secure information sharing, sensing and decision-making, quantum and cyber resilience solutions to support a range of customer needs"In the sights, it is the Defence and National Security sector that is obviously the end customer. In detail, the accelerator is open to start-ups from all over the world who want to do business with defence and national security organisations across Europe. The four-week programme offers a combination of technical support (including the provision of the vendor's cloud technologies), commercial support (including go-to-market advice and investment guidance) and mentoring, all in partnership with Plexal, a UK government-backed IT company. Around 15 start-ups will be selected after demonstrating the existence of customers and revenues and the ability to use AWS cloud services to solve the challenges of defence and national security missions. Applications are open until 1 July 2023.

AI is not left out

AWS has understood that artificial intelligence is on the rise, and even more so the generative version. Even though it has been working on AI and machine learning for years, it wants to stay one step ahead of the growing number of competing solutions. To this end, the firm today announced a Generative AI Accelerator, a programme aimed at helping early-stage start-ups in the generative AI sector in their development. Over the course of 10 weeks, founders of these companies will undergo a programme on go-to-market strategies tailored to generative AI, machine learning stack optimisation, and will also have access to the latest AI models and tools. Applications for the programme are open from today and will be accepted until 17 April.