AI Will Create Jobs
AI will create jobs by expanding the overall economic pie, much like immigration does, despite concerns about job displacement. As efficiency increases through AI, demand grows due to the Jevons paradox, leading to more opportunities. Protectionist attitudes toward AI are counterproductive; progress should focus on inclusive growth by design rather than restriction.
- ▪AI and immigration are compared as forces that expand job markets.
- ▪Increased efficiency from AI leads to higher overall demand and usage.
- ▪Protectionism in response to AI is discouraged in favor of designing equitable growth.
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AI will create jobs May 1, 2026 It’s nice to see Jensen talk about this, and it’s super obvious when you think about it. AI and immigration are fundamentally the same. There’s new people showing up, and hopefully everyone understands how and why immigration creates jobs. Wants are effectively unlimited. It’s classic Jevons paradox that if we make something more efficient, we end up using more of it. Or a cool aphorism I learned at Facebook, if you make the site 10% faster, people spend 5% more total time on it. Now, just like you get the wahh wahh crying people about how immigration lowers wages for native born Americans and we gotta keep the hard working immigrants out because you have some right to be lazy or something, you’ll get this about AI.
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