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\n \u201c<\/span>\u2018I happen to believe that as a nation, we should begin a serious discussion \u2014 and the UAW is doing that \u2014 about substantially lowering the work week.\u2019\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n


\n \u2014 Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/span>
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Artificial intelligence can help people cut through time-consuming, labor-intensive work and it\u2019s poised to revolutionize the many ways people go about their jobs \u2014 if used wisely, that is.<\/p>\n

Nearly 13,000 UAW members walked off the job late last week and one of their demands is a 32-hour workweek for 40 hours of pay. If car makers agree to the idea, that would launch the four-day work week concept from its \u201cearly adoption\u201d moment to workplace mainstream, experts say.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, also made the connection between AI, a four-day work week and the newly launched United Auto Workers strike against Ford
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Benefits of a shorter work week<\/h2>\n

Sanders \u2014 who spoke Friday at a UAW rally \u2014 told Jake Tapper on CNN\u2019s State of the Union on Sunday, that the shortened work week isn\u2019t tied to one labor dispute. There\u2019s an \u201cexplosion\u201d of robotics and AI that will boost worker productivity, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question, as a nation, that we have got to ask ourselves is who\u2019s going to benefit from that increased productivity?\u201d Sanders asked, rhetorically.<\/p>\n

Instead of corporate leaders reaping the profits, \u201cit seems to me that if new technology is going to make us a more productive society, the benefit should go to the workers,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n

Sanders said that during a time when people are \u201cstressed out for a dozen different reasons, it would be an extraordinary thing to see people have more time\u201d for themselves, their families \u2014 even to pursue a better education.<\/p>\n

There are many people who would agree that a four-day work week would be an extraordinary benefit, polls suggest. Eight in ten people supported a four-day work week instead of a five-day week, according to a Bankrate survey released in August.<\/p>\n

Workers worry about the impact of AI<\/h2>\n

Of course, like other revolutions, there\u2019s also the worry that things may not go as hoped.<\/p>\n

In a worst-case scenario, many people worry that the rise of AI will give them a zero-day work week \u2014 instead of a four-day work week \u2014 because technology rendered their position obsolete.<\/p>\n

Almost half \u2014 49% \u2014 of 31,000 people polled in 31 countries said they worried AI would replace their jobs, according to a separate Microsoft
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The same survey shows the mix of excitement and nerves on what AI\u2019s future could mean for people.<\/p>\n

More than two-thirds of people say they don\u2019t have sufficient time to focus during the work day, and 70% said they would want to offload as much work as they could to AI-powered methods in order to lighten their job duties.<\/p>\n

Auto workers want a shorter work week<\/h2>\n

A UAW win on a 32-hour work week would also be a big win for the broader four-day work concept, said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, director at Four Day Week Global, where he helps employers consider how to implement the idea.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons is that \u201cit would re-establish the idea that the benefits of automation and technological innovation should be shared with workers in the form of living wages and more free time, not just converted into higher stock dividends and CEO bonuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

When thinking about the upheaval and change still to come from AI, Soojung-Kim Pang told MarketWatch \u201cthe idea that we should use innovation to make work better, rather than use it to destroy jobs (and thus communities, family stability, faith in the American system), would be a huge turnaround in our thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen where the four-day work week will gain traction in the current labor talks. A Stellantis spokeswoman previously told MarketWatch the company would have to incur major extra costs to keep up production schedules if workers moved to a curtailed work schedule.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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