AI promotes four-day work week

Will AI promote a four-day work week? The reality is that AI efficiency improvements have intensified the "9006" pressure on employees. In recent years, leading technology giants such as Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in AI every year. Executives of these companies have repeatedly outlined a desirable vision: as artificial intelligence takes over basic tasks, humans will usher in shorter working hours and be completely liberated from repetitive work. Even a Google engineering director once predicted that the popularization of AI will achieve a four-day work week by 2025. OpenAI also advocated that companies try out a four-day work week without cutting wages. However, many former employees who have resigned from top AI companies have recently revealed that the reality is completely opposite to the original good expectations. Instead of shortening employees’ working hours, AI has caused a significant increase in overall labor intensity. During the sprint phase of some projects, the total working hours of employees in a single week even soared to more than 90 hours, falling into a high-intensity "9006" rhythm. Industry insiders point out that the efficiency improvements brought by AI technology, which is supposed to help reduce human burdens and improve health, have not been translated into workers' personal leisure, but have been transformed into new pressures that force teams to produce higher KPIs. via AI News (author: AI Base)