- Google co-founder Sergey Brin says workers should consider 60 hours of weeks
- It’s on top of the boost they should get from Gemini Ai
- Powerful artificial general intelligence is the next step
After gone away from the company in 2019, Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently returned to the tech giant to work in person, and he is now asking all workers to consider doing the same.
Brin believes that the company with the right resources can win the AI race, but this means that the workers are encouraged not only to return to the office, but to consider making a longer 60 hour weeks (which works to be 12 hours a day over five days).
The big question comes as Bein considers Google as in a fantastic position for a breakthrough in artificial general intelligence.
Google-Medsfifter wants the workers to spend hours
Brin is not the only leader who suggests longer working hours can be advantageous – Infosy’s CEO Narayana Murthy said the company’s workers should consider giving up 70 hours a week (14 hours a day) to increase productivity and lift India out of poverty.
Although Google co-founders believe that longer hours could be the answer that the company has been looking for, he also indicated that employees should use Gemini and other AI tools where it was possible to improve efficiency-what means that workers’ output could far exceed the 60 physical hours he wants them to put in.
Although many of Google’s rivals have begun to implement full-time development policies, Google is still operating on a three-day week’s hybrid policy. It’s unclear if Google will follow, but Brin’s 60-hour week is unlikely to reach the level of implementation. Still, his influence as a founder could carry some weight.
Despite the turbulent and somewhat problematic launch of BARD in 2023, Google has increased its AI effort, and Gemini Rebrand potentially seems to distance the company’s artificial intelligence from previous versions.
But Google – and/or its rivals – will meet artificial general intelligence, where capabilities can surpass human intelligence, has not yet been determined, but with Openai CEO Sam Altman, who also strives for AGI, the technology is determined within easy reach.
Via Ars Technica
