Even the people building AI can't keep their jobs safe from it

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

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Artificial intelligence's impact is so big that even the people building it aren't safe.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said AI will change the tech giant's workflow and generate "efficiency gains" that will ultimately "reduce our total corporate workforce."

Put more bluntly: AI means we'll need less of you to keep things running.