Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day work week

As artificial intelligence companies boast of how their products revolutionize productivity, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants the technology industry to put the money in the automatic mouth.

Podcaster Joe Rogan in the last interview with Sanders controversial AI tools should be given back to the workers to spend the time rescued with their families.

“Technology will work to improve us, not only the people who have the technology and CEOs of big companies,” Sanders said. “You are a worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, right? Instead of throwing you on the street, I will reduce your working week to 32 hours.”

This is a relief for most people and a concept that can be a fear for everyone who has gone to Davos. What is the meaning of life if you don’t do your best to increase the shareholder value?

For technology elite, artificial intelligence-guided productivity promise means that companies can do more more, as companies will be released to take more tasks, they can save money by just interrupting their interventions. However, for workers, this increase in productivity may mean completing existing workloads in a shorter time without loss of wage, so maybe they can go to their children’s small league game if they are lucky.

“And by the way, it’s not a radical idea, Sand Sanders said. “There are companies in the world that successfully.”

In the UK, for example, 61 companies (about 2,900 workers) A four -day working week pilot In the second half of 23 companies sharing financial data, the income from the beginning of the hearing to the end increased by 1.4%.

There is a kickstarter Operated in a four -day working week Microsoft Japan since 2021 pilot A four -day working week in 2019, which led to a 40% increase in productivity.

Im Let’s use technology to benefit the workers, Sand Sanders said. “This means giving more time with your family, friends, for education, whatever you want to do.”