AI Workers Are Putting in 100-Hour Workweeks to Win the New Tech Arms Race

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“I see no change in anyone’s lifestyle. No one’s taking a holiday…. People don’t have time for their friends, for their hobbies,” or for the “people they love,” Sewak said. “All they do is work,” she said.

Is this intelligence at work?

No it’s stupidity incarnate. Or these people have ADHD and are having it abused for corporate profits. Either way these people are going to be empty walking husks in under a year, likely for the rest of their lives.

Wasn’t there some kind of research that said something along the lines of human productivity dropping like a stone after 30-35 hours per week of work?

that depends on the intellectual depth of the work. In true research, just a few hours or even days can be pivotal. Good mgmt helps set up conditions for that to happen more often.

My god, the stupidity of giving any company so much of your life, when they’re only going to be giving you back mere pennies for your wage on every dollar of value you provide to them.

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