Advances in artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, but new forms of employment will take their place, International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Ginni Rometty said Tuesday.

For artificial intelligence such as IBM’s Watson to succeed, companies need to build the trust of prospective users, Ms. Rometty said at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland. “It’s not man or machine,” she said. “It’s a symbiotic relationship. Our purpose is to augment and be in service of what humans do.”

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