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Amazon founder; Blue Origin owner
I totally disagree with this point of view, and I think, in fact, AI is going to create a labor shortage because it’s going to make it possible for people to identify more problems.
AI Verified (Jun 17, 2026)
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Jeff Bezos, quoted by Reuters in “AI will lead to labour shortages, Bezos says in optimistic talk,” June 17, 2026.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified Bezos predicts AI will create a labor shortage rather than make people redundant, strongly supporting net job creation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer 'for' matches Bezos's prediction that AI will create a labor shortage rather than make humans redundant. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Reuters' June 17 VivaTech report quotes Bezos verbatim saying AI will create a labor shortage because it lets people identify more problems. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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