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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @05:46PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @05:46PM (#907056)

    You misunderstand, I am not talking about taking home more/less money. I am talking about legally making sure the government gets as little as possible to spend on their nefarious or wasteful projects. Basically like eating a low carb diet to fight cancer.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday October 14 2019, @05:52PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 14 2019, @05:52PM (#907059) Journal

    I am talking about legally making sure the government gets as little as possible to spend on their nefarious or wasteful projects.

    So how's that going for you?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @06:01PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @06:01PM (#907062)

      Great. Basically I work whenever I feel like it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:44PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @11:44PM (#907625)

        Do you feel any remorse for not helping to fund all the public works (like the roads, duh) that you use all the time?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @11:14PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 14 2019, @11:14PM (#907160)

    I am talking about legally making sure the government gets as little as possible to spend on their nefarious or wasteful projects.

    Somalia is a good destination for you. With a clever choice of your whereabouts, you can end by not paying any tax at all your entire life, however long or short it may be. I guess you can't beat that satisfaction.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @12:57AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @12:57AM (#907191)

      Somalia is a failed socialist state:

      A new constitution was promulgated in 1979 under which elections for a People's Assembly were held. However, Barre's Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party politburo continued to rule.[98] In October 1980, the SRSP was disbanded, and the Supreme Revolutionary Council was re-established in its place.[99] By that time, Barre's government had become increasingly unpopular. Many Somalis had become disillusioned with life under military dictatorship.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia#Somali_Democratic_Republic_(1969%E2%80%931991) [wikipedia.org]

      That is the last place someone like me wants to live.

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Tuesday October 15 2019, @07:47AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 15 2019, @07:47AM (#907284) Journal
        And of course, there's the fact that they're better off now than they were with a government in charge.