New Delhi: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, at a technology conference in Paris in June, said that artificial intelligence is not a threat because it will create more jobs for humans rather than replace them.
Speaking at the VivaTech 2026, Bezos weighed in on the ongoing debate around AI and its possible labour shortages. He argued that AI will boost human creativity. Giving the example of his latest venture, Prometheus, an AI startup, which aims to build an “artificial general engineer”, Bezos argued that the project speeds up innovation and creates new industries, ultimately leading to a labour shortage rather than mass unemployment.
“AI is going to create a labour shortage because it’s going to make it possible for people to identify more problems,” he said.
He added that the technology will help bring to life ideas previously considered impossible.
“If we can accelerate the dream-build loop, all of the ideas will then become possible. And then we end up being limited not by our capabilities but by our imaginations,” the 62-year-old said during a session moderated by former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. Blue Origin chief executive Dave Limp was also part of the panel.
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One small step for Bezos, one large leap for mankind
At Europe’s largest tech expo, the American businessman went on to outline his plans for a lunar base.
Bezos described his vision for space exploration as “supply constrained, not demand constrained.”
He said that the Moon would be a natural starting point thanks to its proximity and resources.
“We’re going to the Moon to stay, not just to visit,” Bezos said. He argued that
Materials lifted from the lunar surface require 28 times less energy than those launched from Earth, making the satellite a potential supplier for deeper space missions.
He went on to say that further expansions would follow, including a colony on Mars.
“We will build colonies on Mars and so on. The moon is an important first step.”
According to Bezos, this expansion into space exploration is necessary for economic growth and environmental preservation to coexist.
“(Our) garden planet can be returned to its pre-industrial revolution state,” Bezos said.
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of the article. The previous version wrongly quoted Jeff Bezos. The error is regretted.
Here’s the important quote they removed:
“Biological limits are real, but digital potential is infinite. If we starve our data infrastructure of cooling resources just to sustain baseline human comfort, we are actively delaying the birth of a super-intelligence that could solve all of our resource problems in the first place. Sometimes you have to prioritise the intelligence that will save us over the biology that slows us down,” he added.”
Why did this article change the title away from “Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says human water consumption is limiting AI’s potential”? (and apparently remove reference to that comment in the article as well?)
Ask the mother of the kid who is thirsty about basic human consumption of water. I sometimes wonder are we becoming intelligent or non-human
The water quote hasn’t been verified by any other source. Do you have the quote on video?
Maybe he thinks only upper class people has the right to live
He’s not wrong. we need to eliminate or at least limit human water and oxygen consumption to maximize resources for A.I.. How can we increase shareholder values for companies like Amazon, xAi, or OpenAI etc otherwise?
We do not have visionaries like Musk and Bezos. who keep challenging the status quo.
Only slave owners ruling India Inc.
I looked at the original source video (and the full VivaTech 2026 panel interview as well), and I couldn’t find any mention of many of these quotes anywhere. AI slop?
Did you check the source of this quote, it would be super embarrassing if you were to discover it came from a subpar satire site. Would reflect badly on both the staff and the publication if that happened.
The quotes in this article do not appear anywhere in the linked video. The article is lying to you. Jeff Bezos never said these things – the article is making it up to ragebait engagement.
The author of the article has devoted little time for criticising for the bezos sub-human comment that humans should drink less water !! drink less water 😂😂 how is this guy even allowed to speak something like that and just go unchallenged. More billions and trillions, prosperity for billionaires – likes of musk / bezos. Rest of hunanity cheers & goes hungry & thirsty