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Maybe I'm reading this incorrectly but this quote stands out to me
'"It's going to change the number of work hours that humans have to do when sometimes machines do some of their work," he said.'
I highly doubt it's going to cut down on total hours worked. It will allow companies to make more profit while keeping workers at the same 8+ hour shifts. Unless something changes through regulation the average person won't see benefits in my opinion. I could be wrong. Heck I would love to be wrong, but I don't see it going that way
Time for UBI
I'd assume that would translate to fewer, more efficient total man-hours, aka fewer people/jobs overall reaching roughly the same level of output as before