Is the AI assistant going to "save" us from the office?

2025-11-22 04:35:26

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Zoom founder Eric Yuan recently dropped a bombshell statement: within the next 5 years, AI assistants could reduce the work week to 3-4 days.

It sounds like a fairy tale, but he is not talking nonsense—Zoom is promoting its own “digital twin” feature, using AI avatars to help you with those annoying daily tasks: generating financial reports, negotiating contracts, managing emails… basically, it’s like hiring a virtual assistant.

What does this mean?

According to his logic, if AI can complete these repetitive tasks, humans will have more time to do more valuable things—or simply work two less days a week. This sounds like a boon for workers, but for companies… well, that might be another story.

The reality is that AI is indeed accelerating the transformation of the workplace. From ChatGPT being able to write code and generate copy, to the explosion of various industry AI tools, office efficiency is indeed being redefined. However, the prediction of a “3-4 day work week” might still be a bit optimistic—will companies really reduce working hours, or will they secretly pile on more work? This question may be more worth contemplating than AI itself.

What do you think? If it really happens, will we have more rest or be forced to do more?

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