Bezos Says AI Will Create Labor Shortages
Speaking at VivaTech in Paris, the Amazon founder said AI will expand economic activity and increase demand for human labor.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said artificial intelligence will create labor shortages rather than mass job losses, pushing back against fears that the technology will make workers redundant.
Speaking at VivaTech in Paris on Wednesday, Bezos said AI would remove constraints that limit what people can build and, in turn, expand demand for human work.
“I know there’s a lot of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant,” Bezos said. “I totally disagree with this point of view. In fact, AI is going to create a labor shortage.”
Bezos was speaking about Prometheus, his AI startup focused on speeding up physical manufacturing.
His remarks come as companies across sectors invest heavily in AI while also cutting jobs or restructuring teams around automation. Bezos argued that technology tends to expand human capability by making it easier to turn ideas into products and businesses.
He also used the conference to discuss Blue Origin, his space company, and said access to space remains constrained mainly by cost and infrastructure.
“We’re going to the Moon to stay, not just to visit,” Bezos said, adding that lunar resources could eventually support fuel production and long-term space operations.
