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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"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 -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SCB 0 points 1 year ago

The point is salaried workers generally would make less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SCB 0 points 1 year 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] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] SCB 5 points 1 year ago

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