AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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  Arvind Krishna

  IBM chairman and CEO

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  votes For and says:

  you're going to get more work, which means you're going to need more people. [...] I fundamentally believe we'll get more jobs. Unverified source (2023)

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  Vinod Khosla

  Venture capitalist; Khosla Ventures founder

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  I think it's somewhat unlikely that more jobs will be destroyed than created for the first time. Unverified source (2016)

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  K. Krithivasan

  TCS CEO

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  Will we have fewer people because of the rise of these traditional GenAI technologies? Our belief is not so, and we will have more people. Unverified source (2024)

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  N. R. Narayana Murthy

  Infosys co-founder

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  This whole fear that technology will take away jobs is not right. It will create a different kind of job. Unverified source (2024)

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  Gary Kreps

  Professor, health and risk communication

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  The use of AI systems will supplement human systems and not replace them [...] generating more jobs in the future. Unverified source (2014)

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  John Carney

  Salesforce SVP, telecoms & media

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  votes For and says:

  The data says that we created way more jobs than were eliminated [...] AI’s going to change all of our jobs — mostly in a positive way. Unverified source (2018)

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  John Hawksworth

  PwC chief economist

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  Our analysis suggests the same will be true of AI [...] While some jobs may be displaced, many more are likely to be created Unverified source (2018)

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  John Wooten

  Founder and CEO of ConsultED

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  I don’t believe it will achieve a higher displacement over creation ratio by 2025. [...] have surprisingly led to more job creation [...]. Unverified source (2014)

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  Brad Templeton

  EFF chair emeritus; tech entrepreneur

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  They will displace many jobs but the rate of job creation will outpace this. Why is uncertain—it always has [...]. Unverified source (2014)

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  Thomas Haigh

  Information technology historian

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  My position is basically historical. [...] technological unemployment has never been a long-term reality. [...] unlikely that new productivity technologies will destroy more jobs than they create. Unverified source (2014)

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  Heidi Messer

  Collective[i] cofounder and chairperson

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  I think the argument that there will be net fewer jobs at the end of this current technological revolution is not supported by historical precedent. Unverified source (2024)

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  Milton Ezrati

  Economist; National Interest contributing editor

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  It will instead likely create more new jobs than it destroys and will create occupations that didn’t exist before. Unverified source (2018)

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  Jensen Huang

  Nvidia cofounder and CEO

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  Some people will lose jobs. But many new jobs will be created. [...] There will be more jobs. Unverified source (2025)

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  Robert D. Atkinson

  Innovation economist; ITIF president

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  It’s time to take a deep breath and stop panicking [...] for jobs. No, AI won’t destroy more jobs than it creates. Unverified source

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  Kevin Kelly

  Wired founding editor; futurist

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  automation, including this AI, will create more jobs than it destroys. It will take a lot of jobs away. [...] So there will be jobs. Unverified source (2018)

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  Mark Cuban

  Entrepreneur and investor

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  They were the original white collar displacements. New companies with new jobs will come from AI and increase TOTAL employment. Unverified source (2025)

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  Scott Galloway

  NYU Stern marketing professor and author

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  I'm an AI optimist. I think it's going to create more jobs than it destroys. Unverified source (2026)

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  Sandip Patel

  IBM India/South Asia Managing Director

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  I firmly believe AI will create more jobs than it destroys. People are usually very scared when imagining entirely new jobs. Unverified source (2024)

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  Gartner

  Research and advisory company

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  Gartner Says By 2020, Artificial Intelligence Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminates Unverified source (2017)

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  World Economic Forum

  World Economic Forum platform

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  Based on these figures, we estimate that by 2025, 85 million jobs may be displaced [...] while 97 million new roles may emerge [...]. Unverified source (2020)

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  JP Rangaswami

  Chief Scientist, Salesforce.com (then)

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  votes For and says:

  Some classes of jobs will be handed over to the ‘immigrants’ of AI and Robotics, but more will have been generated. Unverified source (2014)

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  Eric Schmidt

  Former Google CEO; tech investor

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  So there’s no question there’s job losses, but for every job loss, there’s probably more than one job created. Unverified source (2025)

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  Vint Cerf

  Internet pioneer; Google Chief Internet Evangelist

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  Historically, technology has created more jobs than it destroys and there is no reason to think otherwise in this case. Unverified source (2014)

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  Dr. Jeff Ross

  Hedge fund manager

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  votes Against and says:

  I think it will destroy way, way more jobs than it creates [...]. Because AI is a thousand times smarter than the smartest doctor, right? Unverified source (2025)

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  Karl Fogel

  Open Tech Strategies partner

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  votes Against and says:

  [...] machine agents is precisely that they will replace more (lower-paid) humans than the number of (more highly-paid) humans needed to build and maintain the machines. Unverified source (2014)

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  Joe Brusuelas

  RSM chief economist

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  During that time span there is likely to be more technological displaced workers than there are jobs created from the integration of artificial intelligence. Unverified source (2019)

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  S. Craig Watkins

  UT Austin professor and author

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  This is [...] happening [...]. In general, the jobs loss will not likely be matched by the jobs created, thus creating a net loss of jobs overall. Unverified source (2014)

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  Dave Kissoondoyal

  CEO, KMP Global Ltd.

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  We have [...] witnessed the effects [...] on the labor force. Similarly—[...] artificial intelligence (AI) applications [...] will have displaced more jobs than they have created by 2025. Unverified source (2014)

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  Andrew Yang

  Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate

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  The other problem is that the new jobs that are created will be in smaller numbers than the jobs that are being lost. Unverified source (2019)

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  Martin Ford

  Author of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

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  it seems very unlikely that there will be enough of these new positions to absorb all the workers displaced from more predictable work [...] Unverified source (2015)

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  Tiff Macklem

  Bank of Canada governor

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  As AI becomes more established [...] it could end up destroying more jobs than it creates. [...] This is a concern for us all. Unverified source (2024)

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  Mo Gawdat

  Ex-Google X business chief, author

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  My belief is it is 100% crap, [...] The one thing they don’t think of is AI will replace them too, Unverified source (2025)

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  Kai-Fu Lee

  AI entrepreneur and author

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  AI will not create enough jobs to take over the jobs that may be displaced. Unverified source

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  Joel Halpern

  Distinguished engineer at Ericsson

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  in terms of the direct job destruction, creation, and disruption [...] will likely be negative in terms of numbers of jobs. Unverified source (2014)

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  Geoffrey Hinton

  Godfather of Deep Learning

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  I don't believe there'll be nearly as many new jobs created as it destroys, as it replaces. Unverified source (2025)

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