Garry Tan floats full-salary 20-hour weeks for AI-enabled workers, sparking debate
geoffwolfe · x · 2026-10-10
Y Combinator president Garry Tan proposes an interesting idea: explicitly hire the best AI-enabled workers at full salary but require only 20 hours a week.
A reply pushes back, arguing that the vision of AI enabling less work runs against capitalism and human competitive nature—there's no reason to assume all competitors will sign on to the new rules.
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