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Bezos Bats Down AI Job Loss Fears While Launching New Venture
New startup Prometheus seeks to build ‘artificial general engineer’ that can design and manufacture complex physical products
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Jeff Bezos said he expects artificial intelligence to create a “labor shortage in the economy,” rejecting fears that the fast-evolving technology will put humans out of work as he launches a new venture aimed at making engineers more productive.
The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is co-leading a new AI business called Prometheus, which plans to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products such as a jet engine.
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