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Comment by Chai Wutiwiwatchai

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Executive Director of Thailand’s National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) and assistant secretary of the National AI Committee.
I think implementing an automation tax as a financial penalty for employers who lay off their workforce in favour of AI would help slow the replacement of human employees.
AI Verified (Jun 8, 2026)
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Chai Wutiwiwatchai, quoted in HRM Asia, “Thailand floats automation tax as AI puts millions of jobs at risk,” June 8, 2026.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified The quote directly endorses an automation tax on employers who replace workers with AI, which is the same policy family as taxing capital/automation rather than labor. That makes the author’s stance on the complete statement clearly determinable as supportive. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 34min ago
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AI Verified Recorded for; Wutiwiwatchai proposes an automation tax on employers replacing workers with AI, supporting taxation of AI-linked capital over labor. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 32min ago
AI Verified The quote backs an automation tax on employers who replace workers with AI to slow human job displacement, which strongly implies taxing automation/capital rather than labor. ([hrmasia.com](https://hrmasia.com/thailand-floats-automation-tax-as-ai-puts-millions-of-jobs-at-risk/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 33min ago

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AI Verified HRM Asia’s June 8, 2026 article "Thailand floats automation tax as AI puts millions of jobs at risk" contains the exact quote and attributes it to Chai Wutiwiwatchai, matching the submitted text verbatim. ([hrmasia.com](https://hrmasia.com/thailand-floats-automation-tax-as-ai-puts-millions-of-jobs-at-risk/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 35min ago
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