Dr Ben Spencer on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Dr Ben Spencer

UK Conservative Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge; former NHS psychiatrist.

Other technological disruptions, while displacing jobs, have ultimately led to more jobs through elasticity of demand.

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UK House of Commons, debate “Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy,” July 8, 2026.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy

I also want to see us encouraging international discussion in the OECD and the United Nations about taxation—taxation of permanent establishment, capital gains and the cost of human labour compared with tokens.

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