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The ai leaders should come out and say… “Ai advancement is so powerful (as we have been saying and hyping for our shareholders) we now will offer our beloved employees - 4 day workweeks, as the productivity gain has removed 1 days worth of work for the work week” And so will begin our fever dream tech utopia

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Productivity gains came from computers many decades ago, yet companies pocketed the difference, and workers got shafted.

These changes won't happen until workers demand it, regardless of the technology that comes along.

Basically the only hope is that enough people start starving for the violence to become intolerable for the ruling classes.

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