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Ok, @topper.me.uk here for the final AWS re:Invent keynote of the year. This one is Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, and unusually it's just an hour long - which is probably for the best, because it's pretty late here in the UK.

As is traditional, we're starting with some nerd wish fulfillment video content. In previous years, this has seen Werner starring in something like The Matrix, or Fear & Loathing. This time... Back To The Future.

Werner starts by addressing the elephant in the room: Werner has given re:Invent keynotes since 2012, but this is his last one. He's not leaving Amazon, but he believes after so many years, the keynote audience deserves a fresh new set of AWS voices.

The other elephant in the room: Will AI take my job? Werner's answer? Maybe. Some tasks will be automated, some skills made obsolete.

But where AI might make some *jobs* obsolete, it won't make *you* obsolete, if you evolve.