Bezos predicts AI will create labour shortages in optimistic outlook
Published On 18 Jun, 2026
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 of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant and so on,” Bezos said. “I totally disagree with this point of view. And I think, in fact, AI is going to create a labor shortage.”
Half of Americans fear the rise of AI could put them or someone in their household out of work, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found this month.
Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest person with a net worth around $250 billion, argued that people have “endless” things to do, and are currently limited by barriers that he said AI would lower.
