AI and robotics could demand shorter working hours, one post argues
The post argues new jobs won't appear as fast as automation eliminates existing ones. It points to a 32-hour, four-day week, more paid leave or a relatively low retirement age as ways to share the remaining work.
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A post argues that the key question isn't whether AI and robotics will create jobs—it says they will—but whether that creation will keep pace with job losses. The author contends it won't. If AI and autonomous robotics accelerate job destruction, the post argues, reductions in working time will also need to accelerate. It presents a sixth week of paid leave, a four-day, 32-hour workweek, or keeping the retirement age relatively low as political choices for sharing the remaining work. It also asks how to maintain an adequate standard of living under those conditions.
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