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Comment by Sadiq Khan

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Mayor of London.
Seize the potential of AI and use it as a superpower for positive transformation and creation or surrender to it and sit back and watch as it becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs.
AI Verified (Jan 16, 2026)
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Sadiq Khan, quoted in Ellen Jennings-Trace, “London Mayor Sadiq Khan: AI could become a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ for jobs,” TechRadar, January 16, 2026.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified Warning that AI could destroy jobs strongly implies opposition to the net-job-creation claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded against matches warning AI can become a weapon of mass destruction of jobs. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified TechRadar’s Jan. 16, 2026 report quotes Sadiq Khan with this wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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