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Jeff Bezos believes AI is going to lead to unprecedented productivity gains which could result in cheaper food and housing.
Internally, Amazon employees mock the company’s AI tools, refer to its output as “slop,” and joke about the company’s failed attempt to motivate employees to use AI.
Amazon employees have a Slack channel for memes where the mock and commiserate about the company’s faulty AI coding product.
