Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns of job losses due to AI

Fully automating "fulfilment centres" might be seen as a good thing... We need a vision of how technology might be harnessed to lighten work (cheap books on this topic are available via Amazon - happy to recommend) www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/amazon-boss-tells-staff-ai-means-their-jobs-are-at-risk-in-coming-years

“Private sector job growth is weak (in Australia). The government sector accounts for 53 per cent of the jobs created since 2019.” ⁦@FinancialReview⁩ www.afr.com/chanticleer/how-ai-and-tax-reform-could-drive-a-white-collar-squeeze-20250620-p5m8zi

Saying the quiet bit out loud about AI: “the AI revolution only generates a return if it generates unemployment, and possibly a lot of it.” www.afr.com/chanticleer/amazon-s-ceo-is-right-on-ai-job-losses-154m-bonuses-are-proof-20250618-p5m8hr

“It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.” www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-on-generative-ai