The notion that artificial intelligence will usher in a future in which we only work three days a week might sound to many like a utopian dream. But some investors are betting good money on it. Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood talent agent and sports tycoon, said last week he had raised almost $3bn from investors for a new events venture in a bet that AI would reduce the length of the work week and give people more free time to go to see live sports and music. The idea that AI will lead to an explosion of leisure time was also cited as part of the rationale for last month’s $55bn takeover of video games company Electronic Arts by a Saudi-backed consortium.
“人工智能将引领人类步入一个每周只需工作三天的未来”，这样的设想或许在许多人看来是乌托邦式的幻想。但一些投资者正重金押注于此。好莱坞经纪人兼体育业大亨阿里•伊曼纽尔(Ari Emanuel)上周表示，他已从投资者那里筹集了近30亿美元，用于一个新的演出活动和赛事投资项目，押注人工智能将缩短每周工作时长，让人们有更多空闲时间去现场观看体育赛事和音乐演出。人工智能会让人们的休闲时间大幅增加的想法，也被列为上个月沙特支持的一个财团以550亿美元收购电子游戏公司艺电(Electronic Arts)的理由之一。