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Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago

Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it

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Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it

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Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago
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Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it | Fortune
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Bernie Sanders and Mark Takano want AI productivity gains to help deliver a 32-hour workweek without cuts to workers’ weekly pay or benefits.
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    I’m willing to work 4x 7 hour days. If you think about the last 30 years of computer enhancing productivity, we’re owed a lot!

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      Thank you, it was a long time since I shared this insightful graph. https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

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      I work like a truck, so 4x4 would be appropriate.

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        I work like a piece of wood, so 2x4 is all I’m asking

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          And they’re really like 1.6x3.5

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      Why not 3x 7 hour days if the productivity gains are that great‽

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        yeah other places like the netherlands already did 4 day weeks before AI. we can go further.

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