Tag: Elon Musk on AI and jobs

robotics engineer in an R&D lab performs diagnostics on an AI-driven collaborative robot (cobot). She is inspecting the hardware and system sensors.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 16, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Work

Tagged
AI and employment, Andrew Mayne, COSM 2026, Elon Musk on AI and jobs}

At COSM: AI Developer Predicts Jobs Boom — for Humans

_{Elon Musk thinks AI will produce mass unemployment. Chatbot developer Andrew Mayne predicts a jobs boom instead. Who's right?} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 16, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Work}

Mayne argues that there will always be more demand for people to do things as prosperity grows. Historically, that is correct.