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Marc Benioff

Chair and CEO of Salesforce

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AI is the most transformative technology of our time. But whether it replaces us or amplifies us is not a foregone conclusion. It’s a choice.

Marc Benioff

Chair and CEO of Salesforce

In a LinkedIn post, Marc Benioff said whether AI replaces or amplifies people is a choice and described Salesforce's approach as enhancing human abilities.

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Marc Benioff Marc Benioff is an Influencer 1y Edited Report this post I’ve been thinking a lot about the future we’re building with AI. As I write in today’s Financial Times , we’re at a turning point. AI is the most transformative technology of our time. But whether it replaces us or amplifies us is not a foregone conclusion. It’s a choice. At Salesforce , we’ve focused on designing intelligent AI agents to enhance distinctly human capabilities.

What this quote does not say

  • The post presents replacement as an avoidable choice, not as a forecast that AI will replace people; it immediately describes Salesforce systems intended to enhance human capabilities and a future based on human-machine partnership.
  • LinkedIn labels the page title as AI-summarized; the title is not used as evidence.

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Some people think AI will wipe out white-collar jobs. That’s not how I see it. The digital labor revolution isn’t about replacing humans, it’s about augmentation.

Marc Benioff

Chair and CEO of Salesforce

In a LinkedIn post, Marc Benioff recounted telling Nicholas Thompson that he did not see AI as wiping out white-collar jobs and expected it to augment people instead.

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Marc Benioff Marc Benioff is an Influencer 1y Report this post Some people think AI will wipe out white-collar jobs. That’s not how I see it. The digital labor revolution isn’t about replacing humans, it’s about augmentation. I had the chance to share my views with Nicholas Thompson last week at the #AIforGood Conference. As I told him, the fear is understandable — but we need to get past it.

What this quote does not say

  • This is Benioff's own LinkedIn recounting of views he says he shared with Nicholas Thompson at the AI for Good conference, not a transcript or recording of the conference exchange; the certified wording is the LinkedIn post's.
  • The post says the fear is understandable but should be moved past, and predicts growth in small and medium-sized businesses amplified by AI; it rejects economy-wide white-collar job elimination, not every instance of AI replacing a task or role.

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