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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @04:53PM
like any good and wise leader, if the first comment didn't work try the opposite.
obviously (and it probably took some coaching and tries to say it out loud without having to chuckle or LoL and keeping a straight face) the 12 hour work week will arrive the same day that break-even fusion goes online. the road to 12 hours work with A.I. is going to be hard and laborious and will be very much profitable ...