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Jack Ma Says 12-Hour Work Week could be the Norm

posted by martyb on Monday October 14 2019, @02:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the wages-vs-prices dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Billionaire Jack Ma, long an outspoken advocate for China's extreme work culture, says that people should be able to work just 12 hours a week with the benefits of artificial intelligence.

People could work as little as three days a week, four hours a day with the help of technology advances and a reform in education systems, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder said at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai Thursday. He spoke on-stage with Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. who is building manufacturing facilities in the city.

[...] Just this year, Ma endorsed the China tech sector's infamous 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week routine, so common it earned the moniker 996. In one blog post, China's richest man this year dismissed people who expect a typical eight-hour office lifestyle, defying a growing popular backlash.

"I don't worry about jobs," Ma said on Thursday, making an optimistic case that AI will help humans rather than just eliminate their work. "Computers only have chips, men have the heart. It's the heart where the wisdom comes from."

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 14 2019, @03:49PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) on Monday October 14 2019, @03:49PM (#906980) Journal

    It's like they live on a completely different planet.

    It's China; looks different enough to me.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:09PM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:09PM (#907342) Journal

    It's China; looks different enough to me.

    Nah, looks about the same, except with more garbage and open sewers.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:17PM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @01:17PM (#907347) Journal

      And all those Chink... Chinese people, they look the same too to you, right? (large grin)

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      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 15 2019, @03:02PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday October 15 2019, @03:02PM (#907392) Journal

        They look different from each other, which is a little unexpected given every tenth person is named Wang [wikipedia.org].

        Seriously, though, it is interesting to note regional differences. People in the North are taller, fairer, and broader of frame. People in the South are shorter, darker, and slighter. Of course that's not scientific at all, and there are many possible explanations for those differences, but if you ride the train from North to South the people begin to look very different.

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