You may have heard of a little thing called ChatGPT recently. It's quite simply an incredible tool - and one that opens a lot of possibilities These possibilities, however, have raised a lot of questions too - namely, if this bot is so damn good, can it actually do my job for me? There's a lot of debate right now amongst writers, authors, researchers, scientists, and well, just about anyone who works in an office job as to whether this tool - and AI as a whole - is a threat or not. There's a faint idea, or notion, that automation took all the blue-collar jobs, and now AI is coming for the white-collar ones. I don't believe, however, that there's much evidence for that based on how we work today.

Switching from a nine-to-five to a nine-to-three workday could be the way forward in an increasingly hi-tech world, researchers say. A University of Otago report, released on Monday, found that while the impact of increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs was hard to predict, a shorter work week could help businesses and workers adapt. Report co-author Professor James Maclaurin said using AI alongside human workers could increase efficiency, productivity and potentially incomes. Avoiding AI, on the other hand, pushed workers into low-paid work while technology took on high value tasks. READ MORE: * Flexible work: The rise – and pros and cons – of shunning the'office' * Independent watchdog needed to probe Government's use of AI: law, computer science experts * The tech sector won't wait for us to catch up * While artificial intelligence is tipped to be'as significant as electricity', it's not coming for your job, yet "The key question is whether New Zealand will successfully deploy AI, ultimately increasing our GDP [gross domestic product], or [whether] more and more of the profits from the AI revolution flow to large, data-rich international companies such as Google and Facebook."

With more than 80% of companies planning to have their staff work remotely at least part-time for the foreseeable future, working from home is still one of the biggest trends impacting the IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (artificial intelligence) space this year. From my personal experience, I can tell you there are some upsides to working from home--and there are some downsides. A big shortcoming is this: People in both the U.S. and U.K. have settled into a habit of working more hours a day. That is people in the U.S. are working three hours more a day, while people in the U.K. are working two hours more a day, according to new data from NordVPN Teams. I can relate to some of these numbers.

At a China Summit in the fall of 2019, Jack Ma and Elon Musk discussed their contradicting views on the future of artificial intelligence (AI). It was interesting discussion and I recommend watching it. In the talk, Musk lays out his fears that AI will quickly accelerate to push humans out of the way, a real-life Terminator. While Ma believes that AI will improve the human way of life and cause a quantum leap in human productivity to the point where we can all cut the number of hours we work while maintaining our lifestyles. Putting aside Musk's concerns of a computer takeover, I'd like to cast some doubt on Ma's hopeful outlook on the benefits of AI and why simply maintaining our lifestyles won't be enough.

Pro Football Focus Majority owner and former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Cris Collinsworth discuss how his company is using artificial intelligence to help football teams determine players' salaries. Chinese e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma discussed the possibility of a 12-hour work week during an appearance with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday. "For the next 10, 20 years, every human being, country, government should focus on reforming the education system, making sure our kids can find a job, a job that only requires three days a week, four hours a day," Ma said, according to Bloomberg. "If we don't change the education system we are in, we will all be in trouble." "I think because of artificial intelligence, people will have more time enjoying being human beings," Ma said.

Billionaire Jack Ma said Thursday envisions a bright new future for the chronically overworked: a 12-hour work week. According to Ma, a Chinese business magnate who helms mega-retailer, Alibaba, meteoric advances in artificial intelligence and reforms in education could mean many workers will eventually work only a quarter of their current weekly hours. Theoretically, that would mean working as little as three days per week for four hours each day, he said inconversation with Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, at an AI conference in China. Alibaba chief, Jack Ma (pictured above) thinks that with the proper advances in AI and the education system that workers could soon enjoy a 12-hour work week. 'For the next 10, 20 years, every human being, country, government should focus on reforming the education system, making sure our kids can find a job, a job that only requires three days a week, four hours a day,' Ma said at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai Thursday according to Bloomberg.

Once theorized as visions of a future society, technology like automation and artificial intelligence are now becoming a part of everyday life. These advancements in AI are already impacting our economy, both in terms of individual wealth and broader financial trends. It's long been theorized that a readily available machine workforce will make it more difficult for humans to keep their jobs, but automation may, in fact, offer up more even-handed consequences. Major changes are coming, but there's reason to believe these changes could benefit a broader range of stakeholders -- not just corporations who no longer have to worry about paying living wages (just parts and servicing). "It is far more an opportunity for growth," said Joshua Gans, holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll chair of technical innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Artificial Intelligence will eliminate millions of jobs. While many of us are willing to accept that there are jobs that will be replaced by AI in our lifetime, we still believe in the lasting power of our own work. Conventional wisdom would have us believe that only the most routine of jobs are at risk, but this just isn't the case. In fact, AI will be replacing and drastically altering many jobs that few would consider "routine." Chris Orlob from Gong.io shared a glimpse into the future of sales coaching with AI-powered analysis of over 25 thousand sales calls.

The trucking industry scored a victory this week when Republican lawmakers effectively blocked Obama administration safety rules aimed at keeping tired truckers off the highway. The American Trucking Associations is pledging to come back next month, when Republicans will control the White House and Congress, and try to block state laws that require additional rest breaks for truckers beyond what federal rules require. The group says there should be one uniform national rule on work hours for interstate truckers. The trucking industry's latest triumph has caused concern among safety advocates that it may signal the start of a broad rollback of transportation safety regulations once there's no longer a Democratic president to check the tendency of Republican lawmakers to side with industry. "Unfortunately, it's going to be an open season on safety in this coming Congress."