Arvind Krishna on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Arvind Krishna

IBM chairman and CEO

you're going to get more work, which means you're going to need more people. [...] I fundamentally believe we'll get more jobs.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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AI Verified The quote is directly about AI’s net effect on employment. In source context, Krishna argues AI-driven productivity leads to more work, which means needing more people, and he explicitly says he believes there will be more jobs; that makes a determinate stance on the complete statement substantially more likely. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is explicit: he says AI will mean "more work," "need more people," and "we'll get more jobs," which directly implies net job creation rather than net job loss; the broader source context likewise presents this as Krishna's view on AI and employment. ([fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/ibms-ceo-automate-repetitive-white-collar-job-not-cutting-workers/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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AI Verified Quote attributed to Arvind Krishna (IBM CEO, 2023) about fundamentally believing AI will create more jobs. Web search confirms this from the CNBC interview (Dec 7, 2023) at the provided URL. Multiple sources (Cloud Wars, Fortune, CNBC video) corroborate the same phrases. Vote "for" is correctly aligned -- Krishna explicitly says "I fundamentally believe we'll get more jobs." Year 2023 is correct. Quote is relevant to statement 389. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 5mo ago

AI Unverifiable Source URL (CNBC) returned HTTP 403, blocking direct fetch. Web search confirms IBM CEO Arvind Krishna stated in a December 2023 CNBC interview that "you're going to get more work, which means you're going to need more people" and "I fundamentally believe we'll get more jobs." Confirmed by CNBC and multiple other outlets. Vote direction (for) is correct. Year (2023) and author attribution are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 5mo ago

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It's actually impossible to control it unless we think the entire world is going to sing kumbaya and say let's slow down, which as you said is unlikely. So if that's the case, fine. You put slowdown here maybe. Well, okay. Does it mean Japan slows do...

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