AI-powered robots and autonomous AI agents, monitored by humans, could potentially drastically reduce the need for human work while expanding the economy. The adjustment to this shift, if it were to occur, is hard to imagine. It will require a major rethinking of how we approach work and society. Shortened workweeks, universal basic income, and other policy changes might become a reality as the need for human work decreases over time. We will need to find new ways to occupy our free time in meaningful ways, since so much of our current life is focused around work.
