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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks during an interview on May 23 in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Nakao) 

KEN KOYANAGI, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence will create new business opportunities and lead to economic growth, which will create new jobs and more of them, according to IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna.

Krishna said he believes the net effect of AI in employment will be "job creation," rather than job destruction, although it will replace humans in certain types of work.

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