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AI's role questioned amid reports of extreme work hours in Silicon Valley

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A Mastodon user expressed concern that AI, intended to help humans, is being used by Silicon Valley tech companies to enforce excessive working hours, with employees working over 12 hours daily, six days a week. The user criticized this as a new peak of corporate greed, likening the situation to modern slavery and questioning the survival rate of those working under such conditions. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion about AI and work culture, lacking verifiable facts or a clear news event.

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AI's role questioned amid reports of extreme work hours in Silicon Valley

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    So # AI is supposed to help humans, meanwhile Silicon Valley # techbros are forcing people to work more than 12 hours daily from Monday to Saturday (despite usi

    So # AI is supposed to help humans, meanwhile Silicon Valley # techbros are forcing people to work more than 12 hours daily from Monday to Saturday (despite using AI agents). Something seriously broken with # usa , looks like slavery never been abolished. This is new high of corp…

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