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Comment by David George
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; leads a16z's Growth Fund; former General Atlantic
Of course AI will absolutely eliminate some tasks and compress some roles, but the claim that AI will produce economy-wide, permanent unemployment is unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history. [...] The future is cheaper intelligence, bigger markets, new firms, new industries, and higher-order human work.Disputed source (2026)
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The source URL is a real a16z article by David George, posted May 6, 2026, and it contains both ideas cited here. But the submitted quote is not verbatim. In the article, the text reads: “Of course AI will absolutely eliminate some tasks and compress some roles (and there’s some evidence that that may already be happening). The shape of the labor market will change...” and only then “But the claim that AI will produce economy-wide, permanent unemployment...” So the submitted wording “roles, but the claim...” materially alters the original sentence structure, even though the later sentence about “cheaper intelligence, bigger markets...” does appear. ([a16z.com](https://a16z.com/the-ai-job-apocalypse-is-a-complete-fantasy/))
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YouCongress
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· 18d ago
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Verified via web search. Multiple sources (Fortune, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, BeInCrypto) confirm David George (General Partner at a16z) authored the May 2026 essay "The AI Job Apocalypse Is a Complete Fantasy" on a16z.com. Both key phrases from the quote — "unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history" and "cheaper intelligence, bigger markets, new firms, new industries, and higher-order human work" — are confirmed as actual phrasing from the article. The vote "for" on statement 389 ("AI will create more jobs than it destroys") aligns with the quote's argument that AI will not cause economy-wide permanent unemployment but rather create new firms, industries and higher-order work. Year 2026 is correct (article published May 2026). Could not directly fetch a16z.com (403 Forbidden) but web search results provided strong corroboration.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1mo ago
replying to David George