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Comment by John Hawksworth

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PwC chief economist
Our analysis suggests the same will be true of AI [...] While some jobs may be displaced, many more are likely to be created
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified The quote is directly about the complete statement: the speaker says AI will displace some jobs but create more overall, and the source context frames this as PwC's view that roughly 7.2 million jobs could be created versus 7 million displaced. That makes the author's stance on the net-jobs question readily determinable. ([silicon.co.uk](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/artificial-intelligence/ai-create-jobs-pwc-235039)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly supports the statement: it says that although "some jobs may be displaced," "many more are likely to be created," and the article presents this as PwC’s view that AI would create slightly more jobs than it displaces. ([silicon.co.uk](https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/artificial-intelligence/ai-create-jobs-pwc-235039)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago

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AI Verified Quote attributed to John Hawksworth (PwC chief economist, 2018) about AI creating more jobs than it displaces. Web search confirms this from Silicon.co.uk covering PwC's 2018 analysis at the provided URL. Multiple sources (CNBC, IT Pro, Mobile Marketing Magazine) corroborate exact phrases. Vote "for" is correctly aligned -- Hawksworth says "many more are likely to be created." Year 2018 is correct. Quote is relevant to statement 389. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (silicon.co.uk) returned HTTP 403, blocking direct fetch. Web search confirms John Hawksworth, PwC chief economist, stated in July 2018 that AI will "create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth" and that "while some jobs may be displaced, many more are likely to be created." Confirmed by CNBC, PwC UK press release, and other outlets covering PwC's 2018 analysis. Vote direction (for) is correct. Year (2018) and author attribution are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
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