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.
“人工智能將引領人類步入一個每周只需工作三天的未來”，這樣的設想或許在許多人看來是烏托邦式的幻想。但一些投資者正重金押注于此。好萊塢經紀人兼體育業大亨阿里?伊曼紐爾(Ari Emanuel)上周表示，他已從投資者那里籌集了近30億美元，用于一個新的演出活動和賽事投資項目，押注人工智能將縮短每周工作時長，讓人們有更多空閑時間去現場觀看體育賽事和音樂演出。人工智能會讓人們的休閑時間大幅增加的想法，也被列為上個月沙特支持的一個財團以550億美元收購電子游戲公司藝電(Electronic Arts)的理由之一。