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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek (techcrunch.com)
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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That'll just make employers hire more employees with less hours.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Which is a good thing isn't it? Less overworked people and less unemployment

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The offset is ypu need to pay for overhead like benefits/HR/payroll/licenses/training for more employees. So there's a breakeven somewhere in there.

If anything it's more jobs.