Jun 23, 2026 · 26 min · 15 segments
Shiona McCallum visits a huge technology show in Paris. There, she finds some of the latest kit that could be in your home or workplace before too long. And we're talking about data centres. They are…
Shiona McCallumHost
Andy PowerGuestKlaus von der BorchardtGuestOtmane ChehabGuest
François BitouzeGuest
A remarkable entrepreneur who started the simple idea of everything in store online with books, and you know what happened with Amazon.
Now flying rockets to new frontiers, and step by step they are building a new road to space with Blue Origin.
Please join me in welcoming to the Viva Technology stage, founder of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos.
[audience cheering]
Of course, Jeff Bezos talked about the space race and his long-term vision for space exploration, including how humans will go to the moon to stay, not just to visit.
He also made it clear that he believes tech will unlock new opportunities and increase demand for human labor, not shortages.
I know there's a lot of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant and so on.
I, I totally disagree with this point of view.
Yeah.
And I think, in fact, uh, AI is gonna create a labor shortage 'cause it's gonna make it possible for people to identify more problems.
We have an endless set of things to invent.
Mm-hmm.
And we are only limited...
Today, we are limited not by our imaginations-
Mm-hmm
...
but by what we can actually do.
I promise you, every single person in this audience has had an idea for a new business or a new product or a new device that they wish they could manufacture, and that idea stayed in your head and went nowhere.
And the reason it stayed in your head and went nowhere is because it's too hard to do, and it wasn't worth it.
And if we can accelerate the dream build loop, all of the ideas will then become possible, and then we end up being limited not by our capabilities, but by our imaginations.
[applause] So a more positive take on AI than I've heard in a long time, and certainly at odds with some of the other political figures on this topic.
Mr. Bezos was also speaking about his new AI venture, Prometheus, which is focused on accelerating physical manufacturing, a sector which is becoming increasingly automated.
A remarkable entrepreneur who started the simple idea of everything in store online with books, and you know what happened with Amazon.
Now flying rockets to new frontiers, and step by step they are building a new road to space with Blue Origin.
Please join me in welcoming to the Viva Technology stage, founder of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos.
[audience cheering]
Of course, Jeff Bezos talked about the space race and his long-term vision for space exploration, including how humans will go to the moon to stay, not just to visit.
He also made it clear that he believes tech will unlock new opportunities and increase demand for human labor, not shortages.
I know there's a lot of concern that many people have, including many smart people, that AI is going to make humans redundant and so on.
I, I totally disagree with this point of view.
Yeah.
And I think, in fact, uh, AI is gonna create a labor shortage 'cause it's gonna make it possible for people to identify more problems.
We have an endless set of things to invent.
Mm-hmm.
And we are only limited...
Today, we are limited not by our imaginations-
Mm-hmm
...
but by what we can actually do.
I promise you, every single person in this audience has had an idea for a new business or a new product or a new device that they wish they could manufacture, and that idea stayed in your head and went nowhere.
And the reason it stayed in your head and went nowhere is because it's too hard to do, and it wasn't worth it.
And if we can accelerate the dream build loop, all of the ideas will then become possible, and then we end up being limited not by our capabilities, but by our imaginations.
[applause] So a more positive take on AI than I've heard in a long time, and certainly at odds with some of the other political figures on this topic.
Mr. Bezos was also speaking about his new AI venture, Prometheus, which is focused on accelerating physical manufacturing, a sector which is becoming increasingly automated.
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