sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down17
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minus-squareeinlander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 month agoIf ai could let people do 5 days of work in 3 days, imagine what they can do in 7!
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoBut the pay will increase :D. Right? Right?
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoNow you’re thinking ouside the box workers’ interest!
If ai could let people do 5 days of work in 3 days, imagine what they can do in 7!
This guy capitalisms
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.
Now you’re thinking ouside the
boxworkers’ interest!