AmazonThe CEO of .com Inc., Andy Jassy, expects the company’s workforce to decrease in the next few years because retail and cloud computer giant will use artificial intelligence to do more tasks.
Generative AI and AI-operated software agents should “change the way our work is done,” said Jassy on Tuesday in an email to the employees to the employees in which he thought about how the aspiring technology will change the workplace.
“We will need fewer people who do some of today’s jobs and more people who do other types of jobs”, Jassy ” wrote. “It is difficult to know where this is called over time, but in the next few years we expect our entire company workforce reduce this, as we achieve efficiency gains through the use of AI throughout the company.”
From the beginning of the AI boom, people inside and outside the industry have expressed concerns about the potential for artificial intelligence to replace workers. These concerns have only grown, introduce more demanding AI systems as technology companies, with which code and field online tasks can write on behalf of a user.
Shopify Inc. Employee tells For these inquiries for new employees, an explanation is required why AI cannot do the job. Duolingo Inc. said It would “quit little” to use contractors to do work that can manage artificial intelligence. And Microsoft Corp. recently announced A round of layoffs that meet software developers the hardest.
Dario Amodei, CEO by Openaai Rival Anthropic, Recently warned This AI could wipe out half of all employees to the entry lawyer and increase unemployment to up to 20% over the next five years.
Amazon, which has prioritized automation in logistics and headquarters for years, is investing strong in AI. In his letter, Jassy rattled some of these initiatives, including the Alexa+ Voice software, a shopping assistant and tools for developers and companies sold by the Amazon Web Services Cloud unit.
Within the company, Amazon Ki -Tool has used the placement of inventory, customer service and product lists. Jassy encouraged the employees to “experiment with AI whenever they can”.
“It is difficult to know where this is called over time, but in the next few years we expect our entire company workforce to reduce this because we receive efficiency gains through the use of AI throughout the company,” he said.
Amazon is then the largest private US employer Walmart Inc. with 1.56 million employees at the end of March. Most work in camps that pack and send articles, but around 350,000 of them have company jobs.
