Predictions Emerge: AI Will End the Traditional 9-to-5 Workday
rand_longevity · x · 2026-08-11
Commentators suggest that the conventional 9-to-5 workday is a brief anomaly following the Industrial Revolution, and independent labor will return to the norm in the AI era. Predictions indicate that 'no jobs' doesn't mean humans will have nothing to do; rather, people will no longer have to work jobs they dislike. People will still have careers, but only in fields they genuinely enjoy.
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