Permanent WFH is AI’s most promising benefit yet

The transition to an AI economy requires being open to creative ways to support a new way of work.

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A woman working on her laptop in her home on Oct 9, 2020. Work from home.

Today we take for granted what a job should be. You show up at a certain time and have a boss.

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Allison Schrager

Technology took us out of our homes. It gave us a boss, office politics and an alarm clock – and it was awful. We got used to it; we made it work.

Now technology might take those jobs away. But perhaps it will also restore the autonomy and flexibility that once defined work.

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