AWS CEO Says Using AI To Replace Junior Staff Is 'Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard'
The Register, Thursday, August 21st, 2025
They're cheap and grew up with AI . so you're firing them why?
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman has suggested firing junior workers because AI can do their jobs is "the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
Garman made that remark in conversation with AI investor Matthew Berman, during which he talked up AWS's Kiro AI-assisted coding tool and said he's encountered business leaders who think AI tools "can replace all of our junior people in our company."
That notion led to the 'dumbest thing I've ever heard' quote, followed by a justification that junior staff are 'probably the least expensive employees you have' and also the most engaged with AI tools.