AWS Chief Rejects Notion of AI-Driven Job Wipeout

Some tech executives warn that artificial intelligence (AI) will usher in mass waves of layoffs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman is not one of them. “Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, but I don’t think that’s true,” Garman told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Monday (May 18) when asked about predictions that AI would cause unemployment on the scale of the Great Depression.