sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 4 days agoJeff Bezos claims AI could allow 3-day workweeks; man who won't give employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizonlemmy.todayimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down12
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minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 days agoIf ai could let people do 5 days of work in 3 days, imagine what they can do in 7!
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoThis is exactly what will happen. If you can do your work in half the time, you’ll just get more work. Simple as that.
minus-squareconartistpanda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoBut the pay will increase :D. Right? Right?
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoWell no, because now a portion of what you’d be paid needs to go to the billionaires who own the datacentres and the LLMs. :)
minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI learned that in my first official job. Being a good worker just makes you a sucker. I still am a good worker, the best usually, but I have rarely even gotten an attaboy for it. Luckily I am self (un)employed now for some time.
If ai could let people do 5 days of work in 3 days, imagine what they can do in 7!
This is exactly what will happen. If you can do your work in half the time, you’ll just get more work. Simple as that.
But the pay will increase :D. Right?
Right?
Yes.
Well no, because now a portion of what you’d be paid needs to go to the billionaires who own the datacentres and the LLMs. :)
I learned that in my first official job. Being a good worker just makes you a sucker. I still am a good worker, the best usually, but I have rarely even gotten an attaboy for it. Luckily I am self (un)employed now for some time.
This guy capitalisms