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"Chinese e-commerce&#xA0;billionaire Jack Ma discussed the possibility of&#xA0;a 12-hour work week during an appearance with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday. &quot;For the next 10, 20 years, every human being, country, government should focus on reforming the education system, making sure our kids can find a job, a job that only requires three days a week, four hours a day,&#x201D; Ma said, according to Bloomberg. &#x201C;If we don&#x2019;t change the education system we are in, we will all be in trouble.&#x201D; &quot;I think because of artificial intelligence, people will have more time enjoying being human beings,&quot; Ma said.  The statement appears to be a 180-degree turn for Ma, who declared 72-hour work weeks&#xA0;&quot;a huge blessing&quot; in April. Forbes estimates Ma&apos;s net worth at nearly $38 billion. He is chair of&#xA0;Alibaba, one of the world&apos;s biggest e-commerce companies, but is retiring in September. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS Ma shared the stage with Musk, who has been pursuing artificial intelligence&#xA0;through Neuralink, a company he founded in 2016. Musk has discussed his 80-to-90-hour or more work weeks before. Work weeks vary largely from country to country. For example, South Korea passed a law cutting its maximum work week from 68 hours to 52 hours in July 2018, while most European countries cap work weeks at 48 hours, according to BBC."
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