"In recent years, tech leaders have accelerated their race to build the most powerful AI first. "Sink or swim," "AI is not going anywhere," and "work with it or be replaced" have become mantras in workspaces at Amazon and beyond. We, the undersigned Amazon employees, have serious concerns about this aggressive rollout during the global rise of authoritarianism and our most important years to reverse the climate crisis."
"Amazon is forcing us to use AI while investing in a future where it's easier to discard us. Andy Jassy promised that soon Amazon will be full of AI tools and "agents," and that he expects to employ fewer humans. He claims our (remaining) jobs will be "even more exciting and fun," but here's what we're actually experiencing: higher expected output and shorter timelines , mandates to build AI tools for wasteful use cases, and massive investment in AI with little investment in career advancement."
Tech companies have accelerated a race to build the most powerful AI, adopting "sink or swim" and "work with it or be replaced" mindsets across workplaces. Amazon is prioritizing rapid AI expansion during a period of rising authoritarianism and a critical window to address the climate crisis. Amazon's annual emissions have risen since 2019 despite a net-zero-by-2040 pledge, and the company plans roughly $150 billion on new AI data centers that will consume scarce water in drought regions and increase energy demand. Amazon opposed legislation requiring clean energy for data centers while AWS supports continued oil and gas extraction. Workers face mandates to build AI tools, higher output expectations, shorter timelines, and heavy AI investment alongside little investment in career advancement, while corporate plans signal fewer human roles in the future.
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