Another scenario considers how many workers could be augmented by AI to the extent that their productivity improves by at least 10%, thereby enabling a reduction of 10% of the weekly working schedule, whilst keeping pay the same. [...] Autonomy x WTR Cent e r o f E x c e l le n c e GPT-4(day week): Canada edition 7 The report thus recommends that Canadian public and private sector employers take advantage of this significant opportunity, to become world leaders in the take up of workplace AI as well as improve the lives of well over one hundred million people. [...] Whilst many have focused on the pessimistic - and often deterministic - outlook of job losses and degradation, the prospect of improved productivity for huge swathes of the workforce also points to an alternative, more equitable solution: shorter work weeks for all and a four-day week horizon. [...] This study set out to understand the possibility of productivity enhancing AI being utilised to shorten the working week of Canadian workforces, whilst maintaining pay and performance. [...] This latter scenario does not necessarily lead to a four-day week for many workers, but, as this study shows, it applies to the vast majority of the workforce and so would constitute a huge shift in the world of work.
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