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Paolo Confino

IBM's CEO says 'the first thing you can automate is a repetitive, white-collar job,' but he's not cutting workers: 'I'll get more'

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna (Credit: Rebecca Greenfield for Fortune)

The CEO of IBM, who has taken heat for suggesting many back-office tasks could be automated, maintains that the technology will create far more jobs that it will eliminate. During an appearance at Fortune’s CEO Initiative conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said it was a misconception that increases in productivity have to lead to job losses. 

“People mistake productivity with job displacement,” Krishna said onstage. 

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