Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’ isn’t a bad idea::“A society where you only have to work three days a week, that’s probably OK,” Bill Gates said.

  • @[email protected]
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    77 months ago

    “machines can make all the food and stuff”

    Don’t see any reason why we couldn’t have maintainence and repair robots as well, so what manufacturing employees?

    • @SCB
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      7 months ago

      There will, for all of the foreseeable future, be a human element in every manufacturing or farming process.

      AI can beat replace repeatable behaviors. There will always be someone on-site to address outlier situations.

      • Crit
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        77 months ago

        Sounds like a skilled job for me that ought to be paid then

        • @SCB
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          07 months ago

          The point is salaried workers generally would make less.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 months ago

        Exactly, and it shouldn’t be hard to find someone willing to do that job for 3 days a week.

        • @SCB
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          07 months ago

          Sure but they’re not gonna want to do it as a salaried employee, because the random overtime required will be more valuable.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        That really depends on weather we can create AGI or not. Might come sonner than you think.

        • @SCB
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          57 months ago

          If we invent AGI all bets are off for everything though. That’s a discovery on par with fire or the wheel.