'The best skill that you can learn is learn to learn....don't assume that whatever you learned is now good for the next 40 years: AWS CEO says workers need to keep adapting to deal with AI

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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:25:00 +0000

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Asking if AI is overhyped is, 'one of the funnier questions I get', AWS CEO says.

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AI future Garman predicts big changes across "every" company and job CEO says younger workers should look to constantly adapt and learn new skills The CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS) has said workers across the world need to ensure they are constantly adapting and evolving to stay relevant in the AI age.

Speaking at the Human[X] conference in San Francisco, Matt Garman once again highlighted the huge effect he and his company expect AI tools will have on the working world. "AI is going to transform every single company, every single job, every single way that we do work, every product interaction," Garman said, "it's gonna have a massive transformation." Article continues below You may like 'My own opinion is that much of the fear is overblown':
AWS CEO thinks investors may be worrying about AI risks too much 'Companies that are not set up to quickly adopt AI workers will be at a huge disadvantage': OpenAI Sam Altman warns firms not to fall behind on AI - but notes 'its going to take a lot of work and some risk' 'We're working with an infinite set of minds': Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI can offer your business so much more than you ever thought possible 'More to come' Asked if he believed the potential of AI technology was being overhyped, Garman was in typically ebullient mood, noting, "people ask me that all the time. I think it's like one of the funnier questions I get."

However when asked about ROI and success, Garman did accept that, despite strong investment and interest, some companies will still fail.

"The last big bubble we had was the internet bubble," Garman said. "Last I checked, the internet still is pretty big. It's not like it went away.

"There will be billion-dollar valued AI startups that don't make it. I'm 100 percent sure that's true. That's been true of every VC cycle, and there will be some that'll be the biggest enterprises ten years from now." Are you a
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Garman added that internally at Amazon, software developers are reporting being roughly 4.5x more efficient with AI, noting, "that's not an efficiency that people just give up...And I think that there's more to come."

Speaking of what's to come, Garman said his advice for those entering the workforce today is to stay flexible and adapt to new situations.

"Maybe the best skill that you can learn is learn to learn," he said. "Pick
up new skills. Don't assume that whatever you learned is now good for the
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"When there's a technology disruption like this, it effectively takes all of the business that's out there, the trillions of dollars of SaaS products and software products, and dumps them on the table, it says everybody has to go win this again. So that is enormously disruptive for the incumbents. But it's also a huge opportunity."

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