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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, said the bank is accelerating plans to redeploy workers as artificial intelligence reshapes job roles, while calling for a broader societal response to the potential disruption it may cause.
Speaking at an investor meeting, the JPMorgan chief said the financial services giant had internal measures already in place to mitigate the gathering pace of automation.
“We already have huge redeployment plans for [our] own people,” Dimon said. “In fact, we spoke about it today, and we have to up that a little bit so we can take people who are displaced - and we have displaced people from AI - and we offer them other jobs.”
The comments offer insight into how the largest US bank by market capitalization is adjusting its workforce as it pushes deeper into AI adoption. The firm operates with an annual technology budget of nearly $20billion and has set out an ambition to become “fundamentally rewired” for the AI era.
Workforce shifts beneath stable headcount
While overall staffing levels were broadly flat at 318,512 over the past year, internal workforce composition has shifted. Operations staff declined by 4% and support roles fell by 2%, while positions tied to serving clients and generating revenue rose by 4%.
The bank attributed part of that change to technology-driven efficiency gains. According to its presentation, the number of accounts handled per operations employee increased by 6%, the per-unit cost of addressing fraud dropped by 11%, and software engineers became 10% more efficient.
Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum said the firm has doubled generative AI use cases this year, with a focus on customer service and technology functions. It uses models from OpenAI and Anthropic through its internal AI portal.
Disruption risk and societal response
When asked whether he was concerned about widespread unemployment linked to AI, Dimon emphasized its importance to customer outcomes.
“We are going to deploy AI as best we can to do a better job for our customers,” he said.
The CEO has previously compared AI’s potential impact to electricity or the printing press. At the investor meeting, he went further, raising the possibility that entire professions could disappear if automation accelerates without preparation.
As a thought experiment, he pointed to autonomous trucking.
“Would you do it if you put two million people on the street?” Dimon asked. “That next job is $25,000 a year, stocking shelves.”
Beyond JPMorgan’s internal strategy, Dimon said businesses and governments must begin planning for such scenarios, including training and assistance for displaced workers.
“Society’s got to think through what it wants to do if this becomes that kind of problem,” Dimon said. “Now is the time to start thinking about it.”
AI-driven productivity gains are already reshaping workforce structures inside major employers, and redeployment planning must sit alongside efficiency targets. Dimon suggests that headcount stability might be masking significant role change beneath the surface, a dynamic likely to intensify as AI investment and adoption expands.
