Redistribute Work, Not Jobs

AI will likely reduce total labor-hours required but that need not mean mass destitution; policy choices (shorter workweeks, holidays, an AI dividend) can convert fewer required hours into greater leisure and shared prosperity rather than higher unemployment. — This shifts the debate from 'how many jobs will vanish' to 'how do we divide fewer necessary hours and the gains they produce,' with direct implications for labor law, taxation, and social safety nets.