Jeff Bezos says AI will create labor shortages (opens in new tab)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday that artificial intelligence will create labor shortages rather than make people redundant, arguing that people have “endless” things to do and that AI will lower barriers to getting them done. He made the remarks during a discussion of Blue Origin and Prometheus, his AI startup focused on accelerating physical manufacturing. His view contrasted with warnings cited in the coverage from political, technolog...