Economist: AI Has Net Created Over 1M US Jobs, Defying Doomsday Predictions
TaniaBabina · x · 2026-09-08
Aaron Levie argues the AI jobs prediction is playing out opposite to expectations: citing The Economist, AI has net created over 1M new US positions—from data center construction to AI engineering—offsetting back-office layoffs.
His mechanism: AI brings automation to markets without finite demand, letting companies do far more while agents still require human operators and oversight to generate value.
He predicts job categories like cybersecurity, forward-deployed engineers, agent operators, and non-software engineers will explode, with no clear reversal point as AI keeps unlocking new demand.
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