Jonas Prising on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Jonas Prising

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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 comes next.

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Jonas Prising, comments in “Summer Davos co-chairs reveal the four gaps that need to close in the next five years,” World Economic Forum, June 18, 2026.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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AI Verified The cited WEF contribution advocates redesigning work and skills so people can move into new roles alongside AI; this supports a determinate pro-jobs stance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The source promotes AI-enabled work redesign, skills, and movement into new roles; this supports the recorded for answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified WEF, 18 Jun 2026: quote appears verbatim under Jonas Prising’s named contribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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 technol...

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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 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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