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IBM's CEO doesn't think AI will replace programmers anytime soon


IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that, despite the Trump Administration's attacks on globalism, global trade isn't dead. In fact, he thinks that the U.S.'s key

The Administration and its allies have called for increased restrictions on student and H-1B work visas, which they claim put U.S. citizens at a disadvantage. He acknowledged that there are “unresolved” challenges around intellectual property where it concerns AI training and outputs, but that ultimately, the tech is a positive — and augmenting — force. But while AI will commoditize, Krishna isn’t convinced that it’ll help humanity arrive at new knowledge, echoing a recent essay by Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf.

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