- Jeff Bezos says AI can bring in "multiple golden ages"
- "I think these people are just wrong”, Amazon founder says on AI naysayers
- His new firm Prometheus raises $12bn in new funding in its attempt to build an "artificial general engineer"
Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos has once again looked to play down the effects AI could have on the global job market, insisting the technology can instead bring in "multiple golden ages".
“The people who are jumping to the conclusion that the jobs are all going to go away...I think these people are just wrong,” Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest person, told the Financial Times.
“We’re in the middle of multiple golden ages right now, certainly with AI," he added, "But I think it’s true of space also, and other areas like biotech...I think you’re going to see a whole bunch of incredible miracles unfold here in the next decade.”
Everything has to do with AI
Bezos was speaking at an event for his new firm, Promotheus, which looks to use AI to revolutionize manufacturing and engineering, and recently raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation.
Bezos himself was a major contributor for the new funds, with the likes of JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock also investing.
“All of the things that I work on today have something to do with AI,” Bezos told the FT, noting that his Blue Origin spacecraft firm, “is a perfect example of a company that would be greatly benefited” by Prometheus’ tools.
The company is looking to build what it calls an “artificial general engineer” — services and software which would be capable of automating the design and manufacturing of complex physical systems. It see anything from jet engines to new drugs as being covered by the potential, and could therefore have a major impact on engineering jobs.
And despite widespread concerns over the impact AI is already having on human jobs, Bezos said he believes the technology will in fact create a labour shortage, which will then lead to the creation of a host of new jobs.
“At root, all civilisational wealth is driven by invention. Six thousand years ago, somebody invented the plough, and we all got wealthier,” Bezos said.
This is not the first time Bezos has looked to play up the importance of AI, and convince us of its transformational impact instead.
In May 2025, he told CNBC that naysayer around AI "are dead wrong,” noting that, “What’s really going to happen is that (AI) is going to elevate all of these people.”
Bezos also predicted AI will help boost productivity, and could even lead to deflation as the cost of goods and services falls - but that this could only happen if, “we let this technology play out and don’t hamstring it with regulation too early.”
He also rejected the idea that AI coding tools could be a threat to software engineers, stating the technology could actually help them be more productive by spotting issues and solving problems.
