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Jake Auchincloss: “Every single time there is a new technology, it is not job…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published March 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:28

And my general take is I claim no monopoly on wisdom about the future. Of course, I do try to be a student of economic history. And what economic history shows us is Every single time there is a new technology, it is not job destroying or labor destroying. That is the lump of labor fallacy. It creates new and different types of jobs. (02:28–02:37)

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