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Nicholas Goldberg: Does AI mean the 4-day workweek is almost here?

Concerns about automation have spurred labor protests by workers at the Port of Los Angeles.

I'd like to work four days a week instead of five. Wouldn't you?

I'd take Fridays off. The way I imagine it, it'd be just a few years from now. A robot in a butler's uniform would serve us drinks in the backyard on what used to be just another workday. I'd toss a ball around with the kids while ChatGPT did their homework for them.

Who says the world is going to hell and the future is bleak? Artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and job automation hold out the hope of less work, more leisure and long weekends every weekend.

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