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Emma Burleigh

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says AI won't destroy human jobs—'Yes, job functions will change…but I'm excited about it'

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs (Credit: Nicolò Campo / Contributor / Getty Images)

While workers are hand-wringing at the prospect of an algorithm taking their job, bosses are reassuring workers that AI is just like any other technological revolution. And Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has just joined the chorus of executives excited about the change. 

“Technology has been having an impact on headcount, the way people work, what workers you have, for decades and decades and decades,” Solomon recently said on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “One of the things that’s happening here that’s a little bit different, is this is going at a pace that’s quicker. Because the pace is so quick, I think there’s a possibility that there’s a little bit more volatility or an unsettled transition around certain job functions.”

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