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Author of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
it seems very unlikely that there will be enough of these new positions to absorb all the workers displaced from more predictable work [...]
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified Relevant: in a debate titled "Will robots create more jobs than they destroy?", the quote argues that new jobs are very unlikely to be sufficient to absorb workers displaced by AI/automation, which directly addresses the net-jobs claim and gives a clear determinable stance on the complete statement. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/06/will-robots-create-destroy-jobs)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4d ago
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AI Verified He says it is "very unlikely" new positions will absorb displaced workers, which strongly implies AI/robots will not create enough jobs to offset the jobs lost; in context, Martin Ford is arguing against automation losses being fully replaced. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/06/will-robots-create-destroy-jobs)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The Guardian page at the supplied URL places this sentence in Martin Ford’s section and contains the exact wording “it seems very unlikely that there will be enough of these new positions to absorb all the workers displaced from more predictable work,” followed by additional text about workers re-educating themselves. The submitted version is a faithful excerpt with omitted text marked by “[...]”, so the attribution to Martin Ford is correct. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/06/will-robots-create-destroy-jobs)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Martin Ford (2015) from "Rise of the Robots" about not enough new positions to absorb displaced workers. The source URL is The Guardian (2015-09-06) which blocks automated fetching. Ford is the well-known author of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future." The sentiment matches his extensively documented views. Vote "against" is correctly aligned -- Ford argues new positions won't be enough to absorb displaced workers. Year 2015 is correct. Quote is relevant to statement 389. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (The Guardian) returned HTTP 403, blocking direct fetch. Martin Ford is the author of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future" (2015), which won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award. The quote about it being "very unlikely that there will be enough of these new positions to absorb all the workers displaced" is consistent with his book's thesis and the 2015 Guardian interview. Vote direction (against) is correct. Year (2015) and author attribution are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
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