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Comment by Sean Higgins

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Research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute specializing in labor and employment issues.
Such concerns are not only overblown but may also have things backwards. It is just as likely that AI will lead to employment gains. [...] The benefit new technology brings is greater production. It requires workers with different skill sets, but not necessarily fewer workers.
AI Verified (Aug 31, 2026)
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Sean Higgins, “Op-Ed: Don’t panic – Labor Day will still be around in the future,” August 31, 2026.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified gpt-5.4: The quote directly addresses AI's net employment effect, saying employment gains are just as likely and new technology requires different skills but not necessarily fewer workers. That makes Higgins's stance on 'AI will create more jobs than it destroys' determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.4 · 1h ago
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AI Verified gpt-5.4: The existing vote is linked to Higgins's opinion and records 'for'. His quote says AI is just as likely to produce employment gains and that technology need not mean fewer workers; the cited op-ed adds that innovation historically created jobs. The independently determined answer is therefore 'for', matching the recorded answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.4 · 1h ago

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AI Verified gpt-5.4: Yahoo Finance's Aug. 31, 2026 op-ed page names Sean Higgins and contains both stored passages verbatim in the recorded order; the ellipsis faithfully omits intervening paragraphs. Attribution, day-level date, content, and source URL match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.4 · 1h ago
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