At a time when fears of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing human workers dominate headlines, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian is offering a refreshingly balanced counterpoint: AI isn’t coming for your job — it’s coming to make it better.

In a recent interview with , Kurian dismissed the doomsday narrative that AI will automate away millions of roles, describing the technology instead as a bridge between what people can do today and what they aspire to do tomorrow. Advertisement

“I think there is definitely a middle ground,” Kurian said. “AI should be seen less as a replacement for human talent and more as an amplifier of it.”

Kurian’s remarks reflect a growing sentiment among tech leaders who see AI as an accelerator of productivity, not a destroyer of employment. He pointed to Goo

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