David George on AI will create a permanent underclass

David George

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the a16z Growth investing team

Each time some jobs disappear or shrink, I would say that the overarching point is the frontier of useful work expands, and I don’t see any reason why that’s going to be different in this case.

AI Verified (May 27, 2026)

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David George interview, “AI & Tech Brief: The techno-optimist’s case,” The Washington Post, May 27, 2026.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

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AI Verified George argues useful work expands as automation changes jobs, directly bearing on permanence of an underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

The claim that AI will produce economy-wide, permanent unemployment is unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history. To the contrary, productivity gains should increase demand for labor, because labor becomes more valuable.

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