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

While IA companies are strengthened by the way their products revolutionize productivity, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants the technological industry to put his money where his automated mouth is located.

In a recent interview with Podcaster Joe Rogan, Sanders supported The fact that the time saved with AI tools is returned to workers to pass with their families.

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

It is a concept that would be a relief for most people and a horror abject to anyone who has already been in Davos. What is the interest of life if you don’t take every moment, can you drive the value of shareholders?

For the technological elite, the promise of the increase in productivity focused on AI means that companies can do even more, because their workers will be released to assume even more tasks – or, they can save money by simply reducing their workforce. But for workers, this increase in efficiency could mean completing their existing workloads in less time without loss of remuneration, so maybe if they are lucky, they can go to the game of their child’s little league.

“And by the way, not a radical idea,” said Sanders. “There are companies around the world that do it with some success.”

In the United Kingdom, for example, 61 companies (around 2,900 workers) piloted a four -day work week In the second half of 2022. Out of 23 companies which shared financial data, income from start to finish at the end of the trial remained almost the same, increasing by 1.4% on average.

Kickstarter A operated on a four -day work week Since 2021, while Microsoft Japan pilot A four -day work week in 2019, which led to a 40% increased increase in productivity.

“Let’s use technology for workers,” said Sanders. “It means giving you more time with your family, with your friends, for education, whatever you wanted to do.”