Jeff Bezos Lectures the Public, Saying They Should Be Grateful for the Wonders of AI
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Feeling grateful for all the wonderful ways AI has changed your life yet? Jeff Bezos thinks you should be. On Wednesday, the Amazon founder brushed aside fears that AI would replace people’s jobs, arguing instead that it will instead be a magical tool that will supercharge productivity and make everyone’s work easier. The luddite masses just haven’t realized it yet. “If you’ve been digging out a basement for your house with a shovel and somebody’s about to hand you a bulldozer, you should be so happy!” Bezos said in an interview with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” appearing more disheveled than usual. “What’s really going to happen is that we’re going to have so much productivity in our economy,” he added, arguing that prices will go down and people will feel comfortable to quit their jobs. Only there’s a convenient catch: “Assuming we let this technology play out, and don’t hamstring it with regulation too …
