Economics
Jack Ma Says Stop Looking to Manufacturing Growth for Jobs
- Alibaba founder has pledged to help create 1 million U.S. jobs
- Ma also called out people who sow fear around dangers of AI
Jack Ma on Building the Economy of the Future
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma, who wooed President Donald Trump earlier this year with a pledge to help create 1 million new U.S. jobs by 2021, said people should stop looking to manufacturing to drive economic growth.
While the rapid speed of technological change is understandably causing concern about the future, Ma called on leaders to embrace the promise of advances like artificial intelligence to span whole new industries.