Svenja Gudell on AI will create a permanent underclass

Svenja Gudell

Chief Economist at Indeed, specializing in labor-market analysis.

The sectors that are most exposed to AI right now are seeing the most growth in terms of demand for those jobs.

AI Verified (May 19, 2026)

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Svenja Gudell, quoted in Emma Burleigh, “Indeed chief economist says the sectors most exposed to AI are seeing a big growth in job demand,” Fortune, May 19, 2026.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

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AI Verified Gudell says the AI-exposed sectors have the strongest job-demand growth; this strongly supports opposition to a permanent AI-created underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer “against” matches Gudell’s statement that AI-exposed sectors show strong job-demand growth. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Fortune (2026-05-19) attributes this exact statement to Svenja Gudell. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

So far, there is little evidence of widespread AI-driven job losses. If anything, companies are still hiring aggressively around AI implementation, infrastructure, and deployment.

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