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Comment by Gene Sperling

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Economist and former White House economic adviser; founder of Georgetown University's Economic Dignity Lab.
This essay takes the approach that it is both wise and prudent to start devising policies that respond to potential scenarios in which AI does not end most human work but leads to unprecedented job dislocation and, left to its own, at least some long-term reduction in net demand for human work.
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Gene Sperling, “An Economic Dignity Compact for the AI Age,” Democracy Journal, Spring 2026.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified Sperling’s anticipated long-term reduction in net demand for human work strongly indicates opposition to the claim AI will create more jobs than it destroys. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Sperling anticipates potential long-term reduction in net demand for human work; against matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Democracy Journal article by Gene Sperling contains the quoted policy approach sentence verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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