Jeff Bezos: 'I don’t see how anybody can be discouraged' about AI right now—the benefits will be ‘gigantic'

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People should be more excited and less dispirited about artificial intelligence, according to billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. "I don't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive," said Bezos, 61, during a panel at Italian Tech Week 2025 on October 3. "[AI will make every business'] quality go up and their productivity go up ... Every manufacturing company, every hotel, every consumer products company ... That's hard to fathom, but it's real." Bezos said he didn't have a timeline