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Jeff Bezos Predicts AI Could Enable a Three-Day Workweek
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Firstpost•08-10-2026, 11:55
Jeff Bezos Predicts AI Could Enable a Three-Day Workweek
- •Amazon founder Jeff Bezos suggested that artificial intelligence could drastically increase productivity, potentially allowing people to work just three days a week.
- •Bezos believes higher productivity might enable families to manage on a single income and give workers greater choice over their time.
- •At his co-founded company Prometheus, the long-term goal is to build an artificial general engineer to help turn concepts into physical products.
- •Bezos acknowledged that fears over automation and employment are understandable, despite Amazon's recent corporate job reductions.
- •In the interview, Bezos also discussed space exploration, expressing confidence that American astronauts could return to the Moon by 2028.
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Jeff Bezos stated that advancements in artificial intelligence could increase productivity enough to allow individuals to choose shorter working weeks, such as a three-day schedule, or help families manage on a single income.
Jeff Bezos expressed confidence that American astronauts could return to the Moon in 2028 as part of a broader lunar programme developed alongside NASA.
Prometheus aims to build an "artificial general engineer" system designed to help turn concepts into physical products and accelerate engineering across the physical economy.
