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 a labor shortage rather than make humans redundant, rejecting fears that the technology will drive mass unemployment. He said he "totally disagree" with the view that AI will make people redundant and argued that humans have "endless" things to do, while AI can lower the barriers that prevent ideas from being built. Bezos spoke about his technology ventures includin...