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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek (techcrunch.com)

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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

All the productivity gains in the past have helped us reduced the work load so much, there's no reason AI shouldn't...
Wait, that never happened, only people forcefully getting reductions in work time have ever gotten results.

Also it's still not clear whether AI makes any sense or not. Yes, I know it is useful to some, but once you consider all the externalities (which nobody ever does, because "not my problem"), it might not be such a great deal.