ChatGPT opens door to four-day week, says Nobel Prize winner


Pissarides said the labour market can adapt quickly enough to artificial intelligence-backed chatbots. — Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash

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 labour economist.

Christopher Pissarides – a professor at the London School of Economics who specialises in the impact of automation on work – said the labour 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.

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