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Maybe LLMs can reduce the work week at least. 30 hours, 20 hours even?

loonginthetooth 3y ago
It is shocking to me that people spend so little time thinking about the matter that they believe this would be a good thing.
- Teever 3y ago
  Oh but they have.[0] Would you like to share why you feel that it would be a bad thing for people to have more free time? Do you think that the current levels of free time that people have is optimal? Why or why not? [0] https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/
- lm28469 3y ago
  I'm already working part time, happier than ever. I can't imagine a single scenario in which going from 40 to 30 hours work week would be negative, neither individually nor collectively.
pixl97 3y ago
At the end of the day how much work can be reduced doesn't matter as long as the people that we end up are the type that would bring the universe to an early heat death just so they could say they had one more dollar than another person. Not solving greed before creating AI might be humanities final mistake.
lm28469 3y ago
lmao, this is what economists, industrials and politicians told us since the 40s Meanwhile we work more hours and retire later than back then. It's never been about reducing the working hours, and probably won't be for a long while And not only that but the jobs that were once fulfilling and stable are now absolutely miserable and everything but stable, we lost the meaning of work
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
I think it's incredibly naive to think that an increase in your productivity will result in a reduction of hours worked, especially at the same pay. No, you'll just be given more work to do. If it takes you 20 hours/week to finish what took you 40 hours/week last year, you'll just be given double the work to complete and at the same salary/wage. Make no mistake, the prime benefactor of increased automation won't be the workers, it'll be the owners.

It is shocking to me that people spend so little time thinking about the matter that they believe this would be a good thing.

Teever 3y ago
Oh but they have.[0] Would you like to share why you feel that it would be a bad thing for people to have more free time? Do you think that the current levels of free time that people have is optimal? Why or why not? [0] https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/
lm28469 3y ago
I'm already working part time, happier than ever. I can't imagine a single scenario in which going from 40 to 30 hours work week would be negative, neither individually nor collectively.

pixl97 3y ago

At the end of the day how much work can be reduced doesn't matter as long as the people that we end up are the type that would bring the universe to an early heat death just so they could say they had one more dollar than another person. Not solving greed before creating AI might be humanities final mistake.

lm28469 3y ago

lmao, this is what economists, industrials and politicians told us since the 40s Meanwhile we work more hours and retire later than back then. It's never been about reducing the working hours, and probably won't be for a long while And not only that but the jobs that were once fulfilling and stable are now absolutely miserable and everything but stable, we lost the meaning of work

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

I think it's incredibly naive to think that an increase in your productivity will result in a reduction of hours worked, especially at the same pay. No, you'll just be given more work to do. If it takes you 20 hours/week to finish what took you 40 hours/week last year, you'll just be given double the work to complete and at the same salary/wage. Make no mistake, the prime benefactor of increased automation won't be the workers, it'll be the owners.