Sam Altman said AI hasn't led to 4-hour workweeks because people are competitive
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI won't shorten workweeks for most people.He said that as people become more productive, they will also become more competitive and want to work more.The alluring four-day workweek was popularized post-COVID, giving workers flexibility in their schedules.Sam Altman said AI won't usher in the golden age of the four-day workweek.In an interview with host Ti Morse on his "Relentless" podcast, released on Saturday, the OpenAI CEO talked about why AI has not led to shorter workweeks for most people."Technology, for a long time, has been promising people that they're going to work less and they're going to have all this leisure," Altman said.He said this trend has played out to some extent, with people having more time for leisure than at previous points in history and a higher quality of life."But somehow we never get the promise of the four-hour workweek at mass scale in society," he said. "And I don't expect AI to change that."He said that as AI drives productivity gains, people are increasingly expecting more of themselves."We always want more.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI won't shorten workweeks for most people.He said that as people become more productive, they will also become more competitive and want to work more.The alluring four-day workweek was popularized post-COVID, giving workers flexibility in their schedules.Sam Altman said AI won't usher in the golden age of the four-day workweek.In an interview with host Ti Morse on his "Relentless" podcast, released on Saturday, the OpenAI CEO talked about why AI has not led to shorter workweeks for most people."Technology, for a long time, has been promising people that they're going to work less and they're going to have all this leisure," Altman said.He said this trend has played out to some extent, with people having more time for leisure than at previous points in history and a higher quality of life."But somehow we never get the promise of the four-hour workweek at mass scale in society," he said. "And I don't expect AI to change that."He said that as AI drives productivity gains, people are increasingly expecting more of themselves."We always want more. We think of new things to do, to create for each other, to want for ourselves. It's like a relative game.
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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI won't shorten workweeks for most people.He said that as people become more productive, they will also become more competitive and want to work more.The alluring four-day workweek was popularized post-COVID, giving workers flexibility in their schedules.Sam Altman said AI won't usher in the golden age of the four-day workweek.In an interview with host Ti Morse on his "Relentless" podcast, released on Saturday, the OpenAI CEO talked about why AI has not led to shorter workweeks for most people."Technology, for a long time, has been promising people that they're going to work less and they're going to have all this leisure," Altman said.He said this trend has played out to some extent, with people having more time for leisure than at previous points in history and a higher quality of life."But somehow we never get the promise of the four-hour workweek at mass scale in society," he said. "And I don't expect AI to change that."He said that as AI drives productivity gains, people are increasingly expecting more of themselves."We always want more.
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