ChatGPT Opens Door to Four-Day Week, Says Nobel Prize Winner

  • Labor economist Chris Pissarides says jobs market will adapt
  • Productivity gains could allow people to work fewer hours
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The ChatGPT revolution opens the door to a four-day week by providing a major productivity boost for swathes of jobs, according to a Nobel Prize-wining labor economist.

Christopher Pissarides – a professor at the London School of Economics who specializes in the impact of automation on work — said the labor market can adapt quickly enough to artificial intelligence-backed chatbots. His remark tamp down concerns that rapid advances in technology could bring mass job losses.