Bill Gates predicted a three-day work week because AI might not replace jobs but will revolutionize society. He thinks AI will be as big as the Industrial Revolution.
Days after Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy fretted about working 70 hours a week, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates envisioned a three-day workweek. He said this on his podcast ‘What Now’ with South African comedian and writer TrevorNoah.
“A society with three-day workweeks is probably fine. Gates said AI won’t eliminate jobs but instead transform it.
Gates claimed in his 45-minute talk that humans may one day “don’t have to work so hard.”
“Life is more than work. Gates stated he wouldn’t mind a society where people only work three days a week.
The billionaire philanthropist, an AI proponent, said, “AI’s influence won’t be as spectacular as the Industrial Revolution, but it will be as significant as the PC. Word processing didn’t eliminate office work, but it transformed it. Employers and workers adapted.”
Conclusion
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates envisions a three-day workday. Gates told South African comedian Trevor Noah that AI will change work but not replace jobs. He believed life is more than work and that a society with only three days of work a week may be acceptable. Gates, an AI proponent, thinks its impact will be as great as the PC’s, which revolutionized office work. He thinks AI will be as big as the Industrial Revolution but won’t displace jobs.
