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Comment by Kai-Fu Lee
AI entrepreneur and author
These are things that are superhuman, and we think this will be in every industry, will probably replace 50% of human jobs, create a huge amount of wealth for mankind, and wipe out poverty.AI Verified source (2024)
4mo ago
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AI Verified
Fortune’s May 25, 2024 article contains the exact wording you provided and attributes it to Kai-Fu Lee, stating that he told CNBC this earlier; the Fortune page links to the original CNBC article dated April 27, 2017. So the quote is real and correctly attributed, though the underlying remark appears to have been made in 2017 rather than first in 2024. ([fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2024/05/25/ai-job-displacement-forecast-50-percent-2027-kai-fu-lee-chatgpt-openai/?trk=public_post_comment-text))
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YouCongress
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· 18d ago
AI Verified
Updated quote from undated 2018 Voices in AI episode to recent 2024 Fortune interview where Kai-Fu Lee reaffirmed his 50% job displacement prediction. Multiple search sources confirm the verbatim quote about AI replacing 50% of human jobs and his "uncannily accurate" reaffirmation in May 2024. The "against" vote on "AI will create more jobs than it destroys" aligns with Lee's consistent skepticism about job creation outpacing displacement — he believes displaced routine jobs cannot be readily replaced by the skilled jobs AI creates. Author attribution (AI entrepreneur and author) is correct.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Kai-Fu Lee