Vance says there’s too much fear about AI replacing jobs – KDBC

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WASHINGTON (TNND) — Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday there’s too much fear about artificial intelligence replacing jobs.

Speaking at the American Dynamism Summit, a conference in which public and private officials meet, Vance quoted a letter Pope John Paul II sent to bishops on work to explain his idea.

Through work, man must earn his daily bread and contribute to the continual advance of science and technology, and above all, to elevating unceasingly the cultural and moral level of the society within which he lives,” the vice president quoted “Laborem Exercens,” which was sent in 1981.

“Now, I quote the holy father not only because I’m a fan of his, but also because he rightly understood that in a healthy economy, technology should be something that enhances, rather than supplants, the value of labor,” Vance continued. “And, I think there’s too much fear that A.I. will simply replace jobs rather than augmenting so many of the things we do.”

He referenced his speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit last month, when he discussed, among other matters, his belief that there is too much fear of replacing workers with artificial intelligence. Following his remarks, a Canadian writer and professor, Sean Speer, posted on social media platform X that the Trump administration faces a question of whether “fissures” will emerge between populists and a “tech right.”

Vance said Tuesday the premise of the idea that populism and “techno-optimism” will “come to a loggerheads” is “wrong,” although it’s unclear if he was speaking about Speer’s post.

“I think the reality is that in any dynamic society, technology is going to advance of course,” the vice president explained.

Speer suggested personifying populism as Steve Bannon, a former advisor to President Donald Trump; and the “tech right” as Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

“Although these different parts of today’s Republican coalition agree on various issues—including their shared aversion to so-called ‘wokeism’—there are also potential sources of tension, including immigration and big tech itself,” Speer wrote.

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