Gan Kim Yong on AI will create a permanent underclass

Gan Kim Yong

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore.

AI must translate into good jobs and opportunities. This is central to Singapore’s refreshed economic strategy under the Economic Strategy Review. Growth remains essential. But in an age of AI and automation, growth may no longer generate jobs in the same way as before. More can be done with fewer workers. Some tasks will be automated, some jobs redesigned, and some workers will face difficult transitions.

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Gan Kim Yong, “DPM Gan Kim Yong at the ‘Trust and AI: Navigating a World in Transition’ Leaders Dialogue,” Prime Minister's Office Singapore, May 20, 2026.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

Growth remains essential. But in an age of AI and automation, growth may no longer generate jobs in the same way as before. More can be done with fewer workers.

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