[reg_dunlop]

Why do people make arguments like this?

"Work" isn't a finite thing. It's not like all the people in your office today had to complete 100% of their tasks, and all of them did.

"Work" is not a static thing. At least not in positions of many knowledge-worker careers.

The idea of a single day's unit of "work" being 100%, is really sophomoric.

Also, If 100% of a labor force now has 80% more time...wouldn't it behoove the company to employ the existing workforce in more of the revenue generating activities? Or find a way to retain as much of the institutional knowledge?

Doom, fear-mongering and hopelessness is not a sustainable approach.

[qgin]

I don’t know if we can assume that humans will always be a value add. It’s very possible that for many thing in the medium term, putting humans in the loop will be a net negative on productivity.

[reg_dunlop]

Then why do parents put their children's drawings on the refrigerator? I'm not sure if your comment is completely utopian or dystopian. Either way, productivity without human evaluation is not productivity. It's a roomba stuck in a corner.