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A recent report from a think tank has identified the top eight regions in the UK where employees are expected to transition to a four-day work week in the next ten years.
Autonomy predicts that by 2033, 28% of the United Kingdom’s employees will shift to a 32-hour work week due to advances in artificial intelligence (AI).
The team has also identified the regions governed by local authorities where the largest percentage of employees are expected to transition to a four-day work week during the specified timeframe.
These areas, all in the South East, are the City of London, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Elmbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Wandsworth, St Albans and Wokingham.
In a recent global summit held at Bletchley Park, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was informed by Elon Musk that the advancement of AI will ultimately lead to a world where humans will no longer have to work. This report was released earlier this month.
According to Autonomy, AI presents the potential to lessen the impact of work-related mental and physical ailments by providing employees with more free time. Additionally, it has the ability to enhance worker output while keeping compensation and performance at the same level, as stated by the group.
According to Will Stronge, who is the director of research at Autonomy, our research provides a unique viewpoint in discussions about the beneficial applications of AI.
“A shorter working week is the most tangible way of ensuring that AI delivers benefits to workers as well as companies. If AI is to be implemented fairly across the economy, it should usher in a new era of four-day working weeks for all.”
In a recent statement, Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Christopher Pissarides from the London School of Economics suggested that implementing AI could potentially enable us to transition to a four-day work week.
In the UK, 61 companies and 2,900 employees participated in a four-day work week pilot, which was the largest of its kind. After six months, the majority of the companies chose to adopt the four-day work week permanently.
Source: independent.co.uk
