Billionaire Jack Ma says AI will lead to a 12-hour workweek

Billionaire Jack Ma says AI will lead to a 12-hour workweek

Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, has vigorously endorsed China’s grueling “996” culture, or working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week. But now he has an even bolder vision for the future of work thanks to artificial intelligence: the 12-hour workweek.

In the future, people may end up working only three days a week, with only four hours of work per day, Ma said at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday, according to Bloomberg News. In Ma’s view, the development of AI could free humanity to partake in activities […]

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