Will AI replace a Project Manager in future?

I think the human interaction is extremely important, whether it's a PM utilizing the AI or having them validate the information as Rami said. Unless a company can somehow guarantee that there is 100% accuracy, efficiency, security, and privacy within their AI systems, which is difficult to say the very least, relying solely on AI for PM is unwise. And, frankly, a terrible business decision

AI can be useful for multiple Project Management tasks and processes, but the decision-making, emotional intelligence and assertiveness of a human being can't be replaced. The Project Manager has the last word.

While part of me feels that this question keeps getting asked and answered, pushing the boundaries of what is possible is often how advancements are made. In this case, I'd like to take a page from Andy Kaufman's course - AI Mad Simple - and note that you will get better answers with better prompts. Instead of asking "Will AI replace project managers?" ask "How will AI replace project managers?" Instead of answers, this should lead to further exploration. Questions like "What project management functions will/can AI replace?"

Today, AI can't replace project management functions, that I'm aware of (you still need people), but it can enhance them. Someone who is not a project manager can use AI to identify the steps to run a project, but in doing so becomes the project manager; AI is just an SME at that point. As noted in other places, the results still need verified by a human.

A couple questions to ask might be "What project management functions do we need AI to replace?" and "Who will drive the changes?" For example, some project managers might want to drive reporting out of their purview and into AI, and this might be accomplished with a combination of automation and connections to get the data to the reporting tool and AI is used to create the connections and automations between the tools and the visualizations in the reporting tools. Take this a step further and you may have an administrator using AI to establish the automations and connections and then the visualizations are generated, on demand, by those who need it; the project manager may never see some of the visualizations.

It doesn't seem like you can remove people from the equation, completely, but you can move things around. If we, as project managers, are going to drive change, let's find ways to move administrative tasks to AI and automation so that we can focus on more value-driving activities.