亚马逊CEO一封邮件引爆争议：AI上位，打工人要凉凉？- 大数跨境

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2025-07-22

导读：出海企业如何应对AI浪潮？亚马逊变革或成行业风向标

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标题：亚马逊CEO一封邮件引爆争议：AI上位，打工人要凉凉？

副标题：出海企业如何应对AI浪潮？亚马逊变革或成行业风向标

正文：

大家好，这里是雨生云计算，今天想和大家聊聊亚马逊CEO Andy Jassy最近的一封内部邮件，这封邮件可谓是一石激起千层浪，引发了关于AI替代人工的大讨论。

事情是这样的，Jassy在邮件中表示，亚马逊计划大力拥抱生成式AI，这意味着未来将需要更少的人力来完成某些工作，而更多的人力将投入到新的工作类型中。简单来说，AI“打工人”要上位了！

这些AI“打工人”可不是吃干饭的，它们可以承担诸如回答客户问题、根据你的历史订单推荐服装尺码，甚至可以通过“Buy for Me”等功能帮你购物。

亚马逊官方表示，AI的引入是为了解放员工的创造力，让大家从重复性工作中脱身，专注于更具战略性的工作，例如改善客户体验和创造新的服务。

但员工们似乎并不买账。《纽约时报》报道称，亚马逊的软件工程师们觉得工作环境变得“更加 routine，更缺少思考，而且节奏更快”。更重要的是，很多人担心自己会丢掉饭碗。毕竟，当AI接管了办公室任务，很多人可能会失去赖以生存的稳定收入。

除了工作岗位，AI还需要大量的数据中心，而这些数据中心会消耗大量的能源。亚马逊的数据中心已经造成了严重的污染，影响了弗吉尼亚和俄勒冈等地的社区，当地居民对高耗电和缺水问题怨声载道。

雨生点评

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当然，亚马逊也在努力减少污染。比如，他们引入了电动送货车来减少燃油排放，并承诺在今年年底前淘汰塑料气垫包装。但根据之前的可持续发展报告，亚马逊在2021年仍然排放了超过7100万吨的碳污染。

专家建议，消费者可以通过支持那些选择可再生能源和更安全工作场所的企业来贡献一份力量。一些简单的行动也很重要，比如使用可重复使用的购物袋，关闭不用的电器，这些都能减少对亚马逊这类数据中心的电力需求。此外，了解“绿色清洗”也能帮助我们识别那些虚假承诺。

Jassy在邮件的结尾表示，亚马逊正在“大规模投资”AI，并补充说“许多AI打工人尚未建成，但请相信，它们正在快速到来”。

雨生点评：

亚马逊的这次变革无疑给所有出海企业敲响了警钟。AI的浪潮已经来临，与其被动等待，不如主动拥抱。

对于出海企业CXO来说，现在需要思考的是如何将AI融入到企业战略中，提升效率、降低成本、改善用户体验。同时，也要关注员工的培训和转型，帮助他们适应新的工作模式。

对于出海从业者和白领来说，提升自己的技能，学习如何与AI协作，将是未来发展的关键。不要害怕AI，而是要将它视为提升自己能力的工具。

总而言之，AI既是挑战，也是机遇。只有拥抱变化，才能在未来的竞争中立于不败之地。

**英文翻译及原文链接：**

**Title: Amazon CEO sparks backlash after announcing major company shift in mass email: 'Should change the way our work is done'**

**Subtitle: How should overseas companies respond to the AI wave? Amazon's transformation may become an industry benchmark**

**Original Article:**

Amazon CEO sparks backlash after announcing major company shift in mass email: 'Should change the way our work is done'
Amazon's CEO has a vision for the future — fewer humans, and more AI agents doing their jobs.

What's happening?
CBS News reported that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees in a memo that the company plans to lean heavily on generative AI. That means a smaller corporate workforce in the coming years. Amazon is the second-largest private employer in the U.S. and currently employs about 1.5 million people worldwide.

"As we roll out more generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done," Jassy wrote. "We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs."

These AI "agents" are digital workers. They can handle tasks such as answering customer questions, recommending clothing sizes based on your past orders, or helping you shop through features like "Buy for Me."

Why is this news concerning?
Amazon said these tools free up workers for creative thinking.

"Agents will allow us to start almost everything from a more advanced starting point," Jassy said in the memo. "We'll be able to focus less on rote work and more on thinking strategically about how to improve customer experiences and invent new ones."

However, not all employees see it that way. The New York Times reported that Amazon software engineers described a work environment that has become "more routine, less thoughtful, and, crucially, much faster paced." Some fear losing their jobs as AI expands. For example, when AI takes over office tasks, people risk losing stable paychecks that support families.

It's not just about jobs. These AI tools require huge data centers that use massive amounts of energy. Amazon's data centers have contributed to planet-overheating pollution that harms communities, such as those in Virginia and Oregon, where residents have raised concerns about high electricity use and water shortages.

What's being done about it?
Amazon has made some changes to reduce its pollution. The company introduced electric delivery vans to cut down on dirty fuel emissions. It also promised to phase out plastic air pillows in packaging by the end of this year to reduce plastic waste. However, the company also released over 71 million metric tons of carbon pollution in 2021, according to past sustainability reports.

Experts say consumers can help by supporting companies that choose renewable energy and safer workplace practices. Simple actions matter, too. Using reusable shopping bags and switching off unused devices cuts down electricity demand from data centers like Amazon's. Educating yourself about greenwashing can also help spot when companies make promises they don't keep.

Jassy ended his memo by saying Amazon is "investing quite expansively" in AI, adding that "many of these agents have yet to be built, but make no mistake, they're coming, and coming fast."

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