This paper from Autonomy offers an equitable route for the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the pursuit of greater productivity. It builds upon leading analyses of the potential impacts of new AI technologies (specifically Large Language Models). It analyses the potential eligibility for a four-day work week across local authorities in Great Britain, driven by AI-enhanced productivity gains over the next decade.
Two scenarios are detailed and mapped: The first, where the productivity gains of AI are captured so as to deliver 20% reductions in working hours, whilst keeping pay the same for workers. The second considers how many workers could be augmented by AI to the extent that their productivity improves by at least 10%, thereby enabling a reduction of 10% of the working weekly working schedule, whilst keeping pay the same.
