Submitted 2 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
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Fucking lol.
IF they get an 80% productivity boost and can choose to either:
A) Maintain staffing, maintain pay, only make workers work 3 days a week.
B) Fire 60% of staff, maintain 5 days a week, and freeze raises because the market is now awash with newly laid off people
What do YOU think they’re gonna do?
Marx called this more then a century ago, any labor saving technology will always be used to put people in the unemployment line instead of lessening work because capitalist love a long unemployment line to keep the workers in line.
He thought that it would lead to the unemployed masses teaming up with the imiserated workers to overthrow capitalism, which hasn’t happened…yet.
I don’t think you or I or Marx need to over engineer the explanation in terms of “wanting unemployment lines to keep ‘workers in line’”
It’s sufficient to say there is an immediate profit motive to just fire the workers and pocket the surplus, I think.
Not well versed enough in social theory or empirical outcomes to really know… But it seems enough to me
Or C) actually do 3-day workweek, and pay people 3/5 as much.
That’s a bingo
yeah, that’s such fucking bullshit. Why the hell would they ever fucking do that when they can just hire one person and work them 10 times as hard for five days a week and leave the rest of us unemployed. It makes zero economic sense. AI is not here to solvethe world‘s problems. It’s here to solve the wage problems and it is well on its way.
The wage problems are that people aren’t paid enough. AI aims to solve the “my billions still aren’t enough” problem that these lunatics have.
That is exactly what I mean. The wage problem is a capitalist problem, and boy howdy will it be solved.
With a 7 day week for those fixing it’s mistakes
Hahahahaha The only reason we have a 5 day workweek is the labor movement. Capitalists then love to saunter up later with their new tech saying they can shave a few more days off. Does it ever happen? Nope. You get new work and they pocket the savings.
Looks like his pants are on fire… weird.
Should happen without AI
Ah yes, because these pricks certainly care about a sustainable wage and not just not wanting to pay another 16 hours or more per week.
Nah, instead people who work will continue being stuck in a constant crunch time. There will only be more unemployed people and the owners and shareholders will continue to pocket the extra profit.
So everyone needs two jobs plus paying out of pocket for what were full-time benefits?
I think the idea that any created value is going to be shared, is so naive it’s dangerous.
Sounds like total crap, 3-day work week maybe in 100 years, we’ll have flying cars before that’ll happen.
The only reason they would consider a 3 day work week is to make all their employees “part time” and deny them benefits.
Just like trickle down economics!
As others have said, only reason they’d offer 3 day work weeks is to avoid health care, full time benefits.
Jensen Huag, huh? The same guy in charge of Nvidia and their massive AI chip market? Mmmmkaaaayyy
I do feel like some facilities are using AI to calculate their OEE because holy shit that’s some inflation Batman.
Does zoom work a 3 day workweek now? Surely he could help make that happen in a short matter of time. Put your money where your mouth is.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You will work three days in one job, and then another three on another job in order to pay the rent. And then you’ll need a side hustle and a Sunday job to afford food.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And both jobs will require you to be in the office.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Exactly. It’ll be a 3-day workweek, and you’ll only get paid for three days of work. They’re not gonna give us the same wages for less work.