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Comment by Tiff Macklem

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Bank of Canada governor
As AI becomes more established [...] it could end up destroying more jobs than it creates. [...] This is a concern for us all.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified The quote is directly about the statement’s core net-jobs claim: it says AI could "end up destroying more jobs than it creates," and the article presents this as the speaker’s expressed concern about AI’s labor-market impact. That makes a determinable stance on the complete statement substantially more likely. ([aa.com.tr](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/artificial-intelligence/bank-of-canada-governor-says-ai-may-destroy-more-jobs-than-it-creates/3336122)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
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AI Verified The quote directly opposes the statement: it says AI "could end up destroying more jobs than it creates," and the source presents this as Tiff Macklem's concern that AI could eliminate more jobs than it creates over time. ([aa.com.tr](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/artificial-intelligence/bank-of-canada-governor-says-ai-may-destroy-more-jobs-than-it-creates/3336122)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago

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AI Verified Verified: Tiff Macklem’s official Bank of Canada speech on September 20, 2024 contains the wording that AI could “destroy more jobs than it creates” and then says “This is a concern for us all,” attributed to Macklem. The Anadolu article at the provided URL reproduces the same remarks, so the submitted version is a faithful ellipsis-trimmed excerpt rather than a fabrication or misattribution. ([bankofcanada.ca](https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/remarks-2024-09-20.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Tiff Macklem (Bank of Canada governor) about AI potentially destroying more jobs than it creates. Web search confirms this quote from an AI conference in Toronto organized by NBER in 2024. Multiple sources (Globe and Mail, Anadolu Agency, Global News) reference the same phrases. Vote "against" is correctly aligned. Year 2024 is correct. While this is an older quote, it remains relevant and the author's position has not fundamentally changed. Quote is relevant to statement 389. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (aa.com.tr) returned HTTP 403, blocking direct fetch. Web search confirms Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said "As AI becomes more established it could end up destroying more jobs than it creates" at an AI conference in Toronto organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research in September 2024. Confirmed by Globe and Mail, Global News, and other sources. Vote direction (against) is correct. Year (2024) and author attribution are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
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