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Commentary: Permanent WFH is AI’s best promise yet

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In short

The industrial economy originally forced workers into factories and offices with set hours, but artificial intelligence is facilitating a return to pre-industrial self-employment models. Instead of solely eliminating positions, AI tools empower people to launch single-person ventures by automating tasks like document editing, basic legal counsel, and video production. Furthermore, data from Bank of America shows that Gen Z is outpacing all other generations in business application growth. This evolving technological environment lowers commercial entry barriers, matching widespread professional demands for schedule flexibility.

Key points

  • Modern artificial intelligence enables workers to bypass traditional corporate employment…: Modern artificial intelligence enables workers to bypass traditional corporate employment in favor of autonomous home-based operations.
  • Digital platforms and automation tools drastically reduce the overhead costs typically ne…: Digital platforms and automation tools drastically reduce the overhead costs typically needed to run a small enterprise.
  • Generational shifts demonstrate a widespread preference for self-direction, schedule flex…: Generational shifts demonstrate a widespread preference for self-direction, schedule flexibility, and independent venture creation over structured office roles.

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The AI optimists believe that machines will take all our jobs, but bots can create modern jobs too - jobs that resemble a pre-industrial notion of work, says Allison Schrager for Bloomberg Opinion.

NEW YORK: Technology took us out of our homes. It gave us a boss, office politics and an alarm clock - and it was awful. We got used to it; we made it work. Now technology might take those jobs away. But perhaps it will also restore the autonomy and flexibility that once defined work.

From when we were hunter gatherers, farmers, small scale artisans and then factory workers and office drones, technological innovation has altered the optimal work arrangement.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be changing work again. We tend to assume change is bad, and transitions undoubtedly can be hard. Change is also often inevitable, challenging our imagination on what work can look like.

The AI optimists believe that machines will take all our jobs, but bots can create modern jobs, too, jobs that resemble a pre-industrial notion of work.

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