Billionaire investor and NY Mets owner says AI could yield four-day work week for most workers [Video]

Billionaire investor and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said that artificial intelligence (AI) could pave the way for a four-day work week for most workers.

Cohen said in a Wednesday appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he believes that the majority of workers will eventually have a four-day work week and three-day weekend, which will expand opportunities for individuals to engage in leisurely pursuits.

He explained that his thesis about a shorter work week in the future helped inform his investment in a startup golf league called the Tomorrow Golf League (TGL).

“My belief is that a four-day work week is coming,” Cohen told CNBC. “Between the advent of AI, generally we hear from people that people are not as productive on Fridays. So I just think it’s an eventuality. When it happens, it’s hard to know.” 

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“But that should fit into a theme of more leisure …