Scott Galloway on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Scott Galloway

NYU Stern marketing professor and author

In terms of, the reason I’m optimistic is every technology in history has had some short-term job destruction. Automation was going to kill the auto industry, and there were some job loss on the factory floor. But now there are more people. We didn’t envision heated seats or car stereos, and now there’s more jobs and more employment in the auto industry than pre automation. I don’t see any reason why over time AI shouldn’t create additional productivity margin and new businesses that ultimately reshapes the employment market, but we end up with more jobs.

Unverified (Feb 16, 2026)

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Scott Galloway, interviewed on CNN's Inside Politics, February 16, 2026. In the discussion of AI’s labor-market effects, he argued that, despite short-term job destruction, AI-driven productivity and new businesses would ultimately leave the economy with more jobs.