‘AI is going to create a labor shortage’: Jeff Bezos flips the AI narrative on its head, states “I know there's a lot of concern that many people have”

• Jeff Bezos says AI is a force for good, rather than a threat
• The technology will expand the human labour market, and create more demand
• Bezos' comments go against the narrative of other prominent voices in AI

AI won’t shrink the labor market, but will expand it, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has declared, in his latest blast against technology doom-mongerers.

“I know there's a lot of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant and so on," Bezos said at the VivaTech conference in Paris.

"I totally disagree with this point of view. And I think, in fact, AI is going to create a labour shortage."

Flipping the script

Bezos' opinion contradict many of the comments recently made by prominent figures in the AI space, trade unions, studies, tech job layoff trackers, and the fears of workers themselves.

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