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Jeff Bezos has slammed opponents of the growing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, saying the technology could actually help workers around the world and unlock extra productivity for everyone.
speaks to CNBCAlan Sorkin, the Amazon founder turned wannabe socialite, appeared to play down growing fears that artificial intelligence technology will erode the job market, especially for younger workers.
“I think those people are dead wrong,” Bezos said. “What’s really going to happen is (AI) is going to elevate all these people.”
“Higher level” work
Bezos, whose former company is one of the biggest AI adopters in the world, instead predicted that the technology will help boost productivity and could even lead to deflation as the price of goods and services falls — but clarified that this could only happen if “we let this technology play out and don’t stifle it with regulation too soon.”
He also dismissed the idea that AI coding tools could be a threat to software engineers, saying the technology could actually help them be more productive by spotting problems and solving problems.
“It’s just that the work will be done at a higher level,” Bezos said. “It will be done with a bulldozer instead of a shovel, and that will be a good thing.”
In a wide-ranging interview at his Blue Origin spacecraft headquarters, Bezos also touched on tax issues, President Trump and economic policies across the United States.
“The top 1% of taxpayers pay about 40% of all tax revenue, and the bottom half pay 3%,” Bezos said. “I don’t think it should be 3%. I think it should be zero.”
Despite leaving Amazon in 2021, Bezos is still handsomely paid by the company — in April 2026, it noted that he received a salary of $81,400 — a figure that hasn’t changed since 1998, although he also received $1.6 million in security and travel expenses. Of course, Bezos also owns about 8% of Amazon, and his shares are estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
“People sometimes say you know I don’t pay taxes. Not true. I pay billions of dollars in taxes,” Bezos told CNBCand is pushing back at critics who say he’s not backing down and also argue that making him pay more wouldn’t solve anything.
“You can double the taxes I pay and it won’t help that teacher in Queens. I promise you that.”
Bezos also told Sorkin that he believes President Donald Trump is “a more mature, more disciplined version of himself than he was in his first term,” but noted that he had also spoken with predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
“We need our business leaders to provide input to the administration, regardless of who the president is,” he said.
“I’m on America’s side,” he added. “And that’s where business leaders should be.”
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