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Internet pioneer; Google Chief Internet Evangelist
Historically, technology has created more jobs than it destroys and there is no reason to think otherwise in this case.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified The quote clearly implies support for the full statement: it says technology has historically created more jobs than it destroys and adds there is 'no reason to think otherwise in this case,' indicating the author believes AI will also create more jobs than it destroys. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The quote says technology has "created more jobs than it destroys" and there is "no reason to think otherwise in this case," which clearly supports the statement about AI. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the exact sentence appears verbatim on the official Elon University 2014 "credited responses" page, where "Vint Cerf ... responded" and the sentence begins his quoted answer. The companion 2014 survey report also repeats the sentence and attributes it to Cerf. ([elon.edu](https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/surveys/vi-2014/2025-internet-ai-robotics/credit/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Web search confirms the quote is from Vint Cerf in the August 2014 Pew Research/Elon University survey "AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs," which is exactly the source URL. Year (2014) is correct. Vote alignment is correct: Cerf's "for" matches the statement "AI will create more jobs than it destroys" — quote directly supports it. Could not WebFetch the source URL (HTTP 403) but search results explicitly cite this exact quote from this exact survey. Tried to find a 2025/2026 replacement quote from Cerf on this topic but did not find a verbatim quote with a primary source; existing 2014 quote remains accurate and well-attributed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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