Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Shares His Thoughts on Free Speech, Artificial Intelligence and Building Factories in Space

Jeff Bezos has become a household name in the retail and tech industries for his ability to anticipate trends and his willingness to take risks. Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, holds the Kindle Paperwhite at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite devices. When the Amazon CEO spoke at Recode's Code Conference eight years ago, the online retail giant had just recently launched its Kindle e-reader, which has since proven to be a tremendous success. Bezos attended that same conference Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, but this time, his goals were even more extravagant and future-focused than ever: In his talk with Recode editor-at-large Walt Mossberg, he discussed artificial intelligence and his ideas for saving the planet. During their conversation, which was recorded and published by Recode, Bezos claimed that the way to protect the planet is "by going into outer space."