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909 AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 06/17/2026 14:00 EDT

AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted in a highly optimistic appearance at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday. Bezos put forward a rosy vision of how technology will help humanity, speaking about projects including his space venture Blue Origin and his new AI startup Prometheus, which is aimed at speeding up physical manufacturing. "I know there's a lot.

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