Comment by Amitabh Kant

India's G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO
No technology ever leads to lost jobs. It creates new jobs, but of a different kind.
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AI Verified The quote states a general rule about technology: it does not cause job loss and instead creates new kinds of jobs. Since AI is a technology, this clearly implies support for the claim that AI will 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 "creates new jobs" and "never leads to lost jobs," which clearly implies it creates more jobs than it destroys. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The cited Outlook India article (published February 17, 2026) contains the exact sentence and attributes it to Amitabh Kant: “No technology ever leads to lost jobs. It creates new jobs, but of a different kind.” ([outlookindia.com](https://www.outlookindia.com/national/ai-summit-2026-ai-will-create-jobs-not-destroy-them-says-amitabh-kant)) An independent Economic Times/ANI report from the same day repeats the same wording and attribution (“...,” he said), corroborating that the quote is real and verbatim. ([economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ai/ai-insights/india-ai-impact-summit-2026-amitabh-kant-ai-will-not-take-your-jobs-change-way-of-life/articleshow/128451085.cms)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Amitabh Kant (India's G20 Sherpa) about no technology ever leading to lost jobs. Web search confirms this from the Outlook India article at the provided URL, from AI Impact Summit 2026 (Feb 2026). Multiple Indian media sources (ANI, Daily Guardian, Tribune India) corroborate. Vote "for" is correctly aligned -- Kant explicitly says technology creates new jobs of a different kind. Year 2026 is current. Quote is relevant to statement 389. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (Outlook India) returned HTTP 403, blocking direct fetch. Web search confirms Amitabh Kant, India's G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, stated "No technology ever leads to lost jobs. It creates new jobs, but of a different kind" at the AI Summit 2026. Confirmed by Outlook India, Tribune India, and other outlets. Vote direction (for) is correct. Year (2026) and author attribution are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
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