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

Date:
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:40:36 +0000

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The human labour market can expand with the help of AI, Jeff Bezos said

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AI wont 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 .

Rather than replace jobs, the technology will present new opportunities for workers and create demand in new areas, he explained.

The comments were made as Bezos spoke of his latest venture, Prometheus ,
which seeks to use AI to assist human manufacturing as a counterbalance to industry which is seeing increased automation.

Bezos also took the opportunity to talk about his desire for humans to focus
on space exploration, adding that it is supply constrained, not demand constrained.

First on the hitlist for interplanetary habitation is the Moon. We're going
to the Moon to stay, not just to visit," Bezos said, adding that establishing
a permanent human base on the Moon would assist in further exploration.

Bezos' space travel company Blue Origin was also a subject of discussion,
after the companys New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground test at Cape Canaveral in Florida in May. The incident resulted in no injuries, and Blue Origin chief executive Dave Limp added that the launch site will be repaired and ready to resume operation before the end of the year.

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