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Natchinda Rungjaroenporn Complex Project Manager| IBM Thailand 139 Bangplee Industrial Estate Moo 17, Bangna-Trad Rd. Bangsaothong, Samutprakan,, Thailand
Now every body open the AI for help everything and only selection and decision making that I didn’t see it can do. But how is the future?
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
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If you consider a PM job to include handling human stakeholders, this can only be achieved by human leaders. Perhaps they will also be supported by AI in this respect, beyond the current focus on data-driven decision-making and analysis. AI already supports decisions, in some cases, makes them autonomously.
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Jul 26, 2025 12:38 PM
Natchinda Rungjaroenporn
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Yes, I think so and try to get it help our task and improvement
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Pavan Maddi
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Buona Vista, Singapore

AI is transforming how we do project management but not replacing why we do it. Tools can automate tasks, but human judgment, empathy, and stakeholder alignment still need us. The future PM leads both people and AI with confidence.

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Jul 26, 2025 12:39 PM
Natchinda Rungjaroenporn
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Yes, I agrées, in the future we should control both
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Natchinda Rungjaroenporn Complex Project Manager| IBM Thailand 139 Bangplee Industrial Estate Moo 17, Bangna-Trad Rd. Bangsaothong, Samutprakan,, Thailand
Jul 26, 2025 10:30 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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No.
If you consider a PM job to include handling human stakeholders, this can only be achieved by human leaders. Perhaps they will also be supported by AI in this respect, beyond the current focus on data-driven decision-making and analysis. AI already supports decisions, in some cases, makes them autonomously.
Yes, I think so and try to get it help our task and improvement
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Natchinda Rungjaroenporn Complex Project Manager| IBM Thailand 139 Bangplee Industrial Estate Moo 17, Bangna-Trad Rd. Bangsaothong, Samutprakan,, Thailand
Jul 26, 2025 12:20 PM
Replying to Pavan Maddi
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AI is transforming how we do project management but not replacing why we do it. Tools can automate tasks, but human judgment, empathy, and stakeholder alignment still need us. The future PM leads both people and AI with confidence.

Yes, I agrées, in the future we should control both
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
Some companies will likely try to replace PMs with AI. To be honest, it would probably (long term) be helpful to project managers if they did try and end up failing miserable. For small projects, AI might even prove helpful. I've found that the more I use it, the more flaws I find in the responses.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Natchinda, it's true that AI is becoming a powerful tool that people are increasingly relying on for a wide range of tasks. While AI has made impressive progress in areas like automation, data analysis, and content generation, it's important to recognize that it won't replace all jobs, but it will reshape many of them.

Repetitive, administrative, and rule-based tasks are the most likely to be automated. These include jobs in data entry, basic customer service, and routine reporting. However, roles that require critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and complex decision-making are far less likely to be fully replaced, though even these will be augmented by AI.

The key point is AI is not just about replacement, it's about transformation. Those who learn how to work with AI, understand its capabilities, and integrate it into their workflows will have a significant advantage. In contrast, those who ignore or resist this technological shift risk falling behind.

To stay competitive in the future workforce, it’s essential to continuously learn, adapt, and explore how AI can enhance, not just replace, what we do.
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Teck Huat Ang Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Hi. Let's see AI as a friend and not a foe. It can help me be more productive and efficient. Its answers may not be always correct, but ours are never always correct too.
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal

Natchinda Rungjaroenporn
A timely question that invites deeper reflection.
With the advent of agentic AI (systems that not only automate tasks but begin to operate with a degree of autonomy, goal-orientation, and adaptive learning) the idea that AI might replace project managers is no longer just a technological issue.
It has become a deeply human, ethical, and strategic one.

It’s true that current AI tools are increasingly used to automate routine tasks (such as planning, reporting, and risk analysis) but they still lack the contextual judgement, ethical discernment, and relational intelligence required for complex decisions involving multiple stakeholders.

Looking ahead, there seem to be three plausible directions:

1. PMs who use AI as a strategic co-pilot – Professionals who integrate AI to save time, enhance insights, and make better decisions.
2. Redefinition of the PM role – A shift away from control and toward leadership, empathy, facilitation, and adaptation. AI may handle the “how,” while PMs focus on the “why,” “for whom,” and “with whom.”
3. Partial replacement in routine environments – In highly standardized projects, it’s possible that AI and bots will take over parts of the operational workload.

The real challenge is not resisting AI, but evolving alongside it.
Project managers of the future will be strategists, facilitators, and human–system integrators — not task managers.

The key question becomes: Will we see agentic AI as a threat… or as a lever for higher-value leadership?

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Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
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Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
I see AI as an accompanying tool
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Wei Wu NanJing, JS, China, Mainland
May some area. but from the long future,AI is not good for the workers.
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