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Jonas Prising

ManpowerGroup chair and CEO

Our belief is that AI will largely augment human capability and not replace it. Creativity, judgement, communication and collaboration become much more important, because they leverage the benefits of human capability rather than compete with technology.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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AI Verified Relevant: on the source page, this quote appears in the section about how growth can create jobs and opportunities, immediately after discussion of AI’s impact on the jobs market and the need to avoid jobless growth. Saying AI will mostly augment rather than replace people strongly signals a stance more consistent with AI being net job-creating than net job-destroying, even though it does not state the full comparison explicitly. ([weforum.org](https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/06/summer-davos-concludes-in-dalian-with-call-to-scale-innovation-into-growth-jobs-and-competitiveness//)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote implies support rather than stating the full comparison explicitly: saying AI will "largely augment human capability and not replace it" suggests AI will not mainly eliminate workers. On the source page, this appears in a section about how growth can create jobs, including language about new industries emerging, jobs being created, and avoiding "jobless growth," so the overall context makes support for net job creation the most likely reading. ([weforum.org](https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/06/summer-davos-concludes-in-dalian-with-call-to-scale-innovation-into-growth-jobs-and-competitiveness//)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The World Economic Forum press release at the provided URL, published on 2026-06-25, contains the two-sentence quote verbatim and explicitly attributes it to Jonas Prising (“said Jonas Prising, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup...”). The stored author, date, quote text, and source URL all match the evidence. ([weforum.org](https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/06/summer-davos-concludes-in-dalian-with-call-to-scale-innovation-into-growth-jobs-and-competitiveness//)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth

If, instead, organizations and policy-makers focus on expanding access – by making skills development more inclusive, pathways more visible and work more adaptable – then the next phase of growth can be more widely shared.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

Over the next five years, the defining challenge will be redesigning work so people can grow with it. AI can accelerate productivity, but progress depends on whether organizations make it easier for people to adapt, build skills, and move into what c...

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AI will create a permanent underclass

AI is not replacing jobs, it is reshaping work, and companies that connect productivity gains with opportunity and career growth will be best positioned to compete in a talent-scarce world.

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