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.

  • @SCB@lemmy.world
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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.

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      77 months ago

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

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        17 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.

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        67 months ago

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