Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by 1shooner on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @11:38PM
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I have not heard even the most enthusiastic AI booster describe net job creation as a possible outcome. If you have any details on that prediction, I'd be interested to hear what they are.
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Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by WalterBright on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:16AM
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Nobody remotely believed what the printing press invention would lead to.
After all, Gutenberg had only a modest goal of printing and selling indulgences. He didn't understand what the printing press was good for, either.
Pretty much all the jobs today did not exist before the printing press that enabled them.
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by anon291 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:26AM
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I mean in some countries today, the idea of universal literacy helping people is still met with skepticism by some segments of the population.
It's apparently not obvious that mode access to books , learning, and literacy will improve lives
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by lechatonnoir on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:02AM
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I mean... you can't think of any ways that AI could actually generate new value? Or more abstractly, of a way that Jevons' paradox can't apply in the case of AI?
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by anon291 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:25AM
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Net job creation will be the outcome as the insane number of businesses that were once too expensive to start due to lack of knowledge labor suddenly come online.
Re:Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency
by nacozarina on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:05PM
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we all be employed as hunters, gatherers or revolutionaries