☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Amazon has told its white collar employees that their jobs are at risk from artificial intelligence in the next few years, marking a rare explicit warning from a senior tech executive that AI will lead to lay-offs.”</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AndyJassy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AndyJassy</span></a>, the ecommerce giant’s chief executive, told employees in a memo on Tuesday that the company was deploying <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> across its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/operations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>operations</span></a>, particularly in its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>logistics</span></a> network, to help lower costs. He said the company wants to increase its use of AI, which would mean <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JobLosses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JobLosses</span></a>.”</p><p>“We will need *fewer people* doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing *other types of jobs*,” Jassy said. “It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reduce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reduce</span></a> our total <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CorporateWorkforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateWorkforce</span></a>.”</p><p>From 2022, the introduction of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> has been building up within the corporate mindset. So too has the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroWorkHours" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ZeroWorkHours</span></a> for White collar workers. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amazon</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/1R0ZL" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/1R0ZL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9e66ba5b-5403-4e82-b26b-8d72aadf95d4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/9e66ba5b-5403-4</span><span class="invisible">e82-b26b-8d72aadf95d4</span></a>> (paywall)</p>