Andy Jassy on the impact of generative AI on Amazon's Java upgrades

First-order effect: reducing upgrade time from 50 developer-days to a few hours, and saving an estimated 4,500 developer-years of work

Second-order effects:
- Enhanced security
- Reduced infrastructure costs
- $260M in annualized efficiency gains - combined first-order and second-order

Andy Jassy on the impact of generative AI on Amazon's Java upgrades

First-order effect: reducing upgrade time from 50 developer-days to a few hours, and saving an estimated 4,500 developer-years of work

Second-order effects:
- Enhanced security
- Reduced infrastructure costs
- $260M in annualized efficiency gains - combined first-order and second-order

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