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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 (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[+] -9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Salaried wages don't make sense for a whole lot of positions tho - like you'd have 0 manufacturing employees.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "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?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years 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.

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