Amazon Employees for Climate Justice
@amzn4climate.bsky.social
Amazon employees demanding climate leadership. Views ≠ Amazon. Reach out if you’re an employee! Dm or amazonemployeesclimatejustice@gmail.com
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Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Excellent pod with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Cory Doctorow.
TL;DR: Tech workers, organize! It's the only way to disenshittify the internet (and regain a sense of agency).
TL;DR: Tech workers, organize! It's the only way to disenshittify the internet (and regain a sense of agency).
How to dis-enshittify the world, with Cory Doctorow
Podcast Episode · Blood in the Machine: The Podcast · 11/10/2025 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Excellent pod with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Cory Doctorow.
TL;DR: Tech workers, organize! It's the only way to disenshittify the internet (and regain a sense of agency).
TL;DR: Tech workers, organize! It's the only way to disenshittify the internet (and regain a sense of agency).
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We'll be part of this!
Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance?
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We'll be part of this!
We'll be part of this!
Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance?
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI.
Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We'll be part of this!
@karenhao.bsky.social TYSM for posting about our open letter campaign! Many of us are reading your book and see a lot of parallels with OpenAI's empire-building and Amazon's empire-building. We're trying to reach as many of our coworkers as possible!
This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
AI Open Letter — AECJ
Sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes our message stronger.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
@karenhao.bsky.social TYSM for posting about our open letter campaign! Many of us are reading your book and see a lot of parallels with OpenAI's empire-building and Amazon's empire-building. We're trying to reach as many of our coworkers as possible!
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We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up.
www.seattletimes.com
www.seattletimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up.
www.seattletimes.com
www.seattletimes.com
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
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It’s always a good time to follow the folks at @amzn4climate.bsky.social
“Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday… Amazon shares rose 1.2% to $226.97 on Monday. The company plans to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday.”
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
“Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday… Amazon shares rose 1.2% to $226.97 on Monday. The company plans to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday.”
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s always a good time to follow the folks at @amzn4climate.bsky.social
“Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday… Amazon shares rose 1.2% to $226.97 on Monday. The company plans to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday.”
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
“Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday… Amazon shares rose 1.2% to $226.97 on Monday. The company plans to report third-quarter earnings on Thursday.”
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up.
www.seattletimes.com
www.seattletimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We've all heard the rumors that this was coming. Whether Amazon is truly replacing employees with AI, or just trying to show that that's what companies can do when they use AI...it's one of many reasons we're concerned about Amazon's use of AI, and why we're standing up.
www.seattletimes.com
www.seattletimes.com
Exactly this.
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Exactly this.
Tell all your friends in tech!
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Tell all your friends in tech!
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Our annual Circuit Breakers conference is live!
300 tech workers spanning the US, Mexico, Philippines, India and Kenya working in different layers of the global value chain gather across 40-different worker-led sessions exchanging strategies and tactics!
Afterwards we will digitize sessions!
300 tech workers spanning the US, Mexico, Philippines, India and Kenya working in different layers of the global value chain gather across 40-different worker-led sessions exchanging strategies and tactics!
Afterwards we will digitize sessions!
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our annual Circuit Breakers conference is live!
300 tech workers spanning the US, Mexico, Philippines, India and Kenya working in different layers of the global value chain gather across 40-different worker-led sessions exchanging strategies and tactics!
Afterwards we will digitize sessions!
300 tech workers spanning the US, Mexico, Philippines, India and Kenya working in different layers of the global value chain gather across 40-different worker-led sessions exchanging strategies and tactics!
Afterwards we will digitize sessions!
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If you’ll be at Circuit Breakers this weekend, join our session on Sunday at 2:30pm with @amzn4climate.bsky.social: "Al & Tech Power: How Tech Workers Are Fighting for Our Jobs, Communities, and Climate."
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October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you’ll be at Circuit Breakers this weekend, join our session on Sunday at 2:30pm with @amzn4climate.bsky.social: "Al & Tech Power: How Tech Workers Are Fighting for Our Jobs, Communities, and Climate."
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I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.
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On Monday, Trump sent the US back to the 1800's in search of AI dominance: he's gifting $625 million to decrepit coal plants, letting them delay adherence to water pollution rules by years, lowering the royalties from 12.5% to just 7%, & offering up 13 MILLION ACRES of federal land for coal mines.🧵
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On Monday, Trump sent the US back to the 1800's in search of AI dominance: he's gifting $625 million to decrepit coal plants, letting them delay adherence to water pollution rules by years, lowering the royalties from 12.5% to just 7%, & offering up 13 MILLION ACRES of federal land for coal mines.🧵
Reposted by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
On Monday, Trump sent the US back to the 1800's in search of AI dominance: he's gifting $625 million to decrepit coal plants, letting them delay adherence to water pollution rules by years, lowering the royalties from 12.5% to just 7%, & offering up 13 MILLION ACRES of federal land for coal mines.🧵
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On Monday, Trump sent the US back to the 1800's in search of AI dominance: he's gifting $625 million to decrepit coal plants, letting them delay adherence to water pollution rules by years, lowering the royalties from 12.5% to just 7%, & offering up 13 MILLION ACRES of federal land for coal mines.🧵
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
1/ Amazon is helping build a more militarized surveillance state with fewer protections for ordinary people. Amazon, Meta, MSFT & Google lobbied to ban state regulation on AI for 10 years; Trump included financial disincentives for state regulation in his AI Action Plan.
www.ft.com/content/52ae...
www.ft.com/content/52ae...
Big Tech pushes for 10-year ban on US states regulating AI
Call by Amazon, Google and Microsoft lobbyists for a ‘moratorium’ has split industry and the Republican party
www.ft.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
1/ Amazon is helping build a more militarized surveillance state with fewer protections for ordinary people. Amazon, Meta, MSFT & Google lobbied to ban state regulation on AI for 10 years; Trump included financial disincentives for state regulation in his AI Action Plan.
www.ft.com/content/52ae...
www.ft.com/content/52ae...
1/ Amazon is forcing us to use AI while investing in a future where it’s easier to discard us. Andy Jassy promised Amazon will be full of AI tools and “agents,” that he expects to employ fewer humans, that our (remaining) jobs will be “even more exciting and fun”
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI
The message below was shared with Amazon employees earlier today.
www.aboutamazon.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1/ Amazon is forcing us to use AI while investing in a future where it’s easier to discard us. Andy Jassy promised Amazon will be full of AI tools and “agents,” that he expects to employ fewer humans, that our (remaining) jobs will be “even more exciting and fun”
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...
1/ Amazon is casting aside its climate goals to build AI. We have just a few years to stop disastrous levels of warming. Yet despite committing to net zero carbon emissions by 2040, Amazon’s annual emissions have grown roughly 35% since 2019.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/unsustainabi...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/unsustainabi...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
1/ Amazon is casting aside its climate goals to build AI. We have just a few years to stop disastrous levels of warming. Yet despite committing to net zero carbon emissions by 2040, Amazon’s annual emissions have grown roughly 35% since 2019.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/unsustainabi...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/unsustainabi...
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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This is so important. Seeing the vast red flags for genAI—and demanding that they be addressed in a precautionary way—doesn't equate to thinking all machine learning is useless. It is & will be very useful!
But it won't save the world, and genAI's current trajectory is catastrophic.
But it won't save the world, and genAI's current trajectory is catastrophic.
which means that the AI systems that bring the huge environmental costs and power grid burdens are mostly not the AI systems that are delivering real performance benefits. In other words, we can get the benefits without the costs by doing less genAI and more of the reliable AI that uses orders of..
September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is so important. Seeing the vast red flags for genAI—and demanding that they be addressed in a precautionary way—doesn't equate to thinking all machine learning is useless. It is & will be very useful!
But it won't save the world, and genAI's current trajectory is catastrophic.
But it won't save the world, and genAI's current trajectory is catastrophic.
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No people on the planet will ever be AI. This is Orwellian bullshit. Zero people will ever be AI. This is no different from saying half the people in the country are television characters. Do not let anybody convince you that you don’t know the difference between a human being and a machine.
“We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” said CEO Jeanine Wright, who was previously chief operating officer of podcasting company Wondery
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan
Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No people on the planet will ever be AI. This is Orwellian bullshit. Zero people will ever be AI. This is no different from saying half the people in the country are television characters. Do not let anybody convince you that you don’t know the difference between a human being and a machine.