Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Converting work hours eliminated by AI into free time rather than unemployment
Proposal put forward by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on July 22, 2026. Topic: AI, Industry and the Transformation of Work. The observatory also publishes quotes from 14 other public figures on this topic.
Thirdly, AI is going to eliminate thousands of hours of necessary work. The question raised is therefore: do we decide to distribute unemployment or free time? I make the optimistic choice.
Original quote (French)
Troisièmement, l’IA va supprimer des milliers d’heures de travail nécessaires. La question posée est donc : est-ce qu’on décide de répartir du chômage ou du temps libre ? Je fais le choix optimiste.Source: melenchon.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bernard Cazeneuve: Organize collective reflection within the company on the deployment of AI tools
- Bruno Le Maire: Making AI adoption a priority for SMEs and all public administrations
- Bruno Retailleau: Open an independent contractor status to employees paid above 100,000 euros gross per year
- David Lisnard: On Wandercraft's exoskeletons, Lisnard contrasts the machine that lifts man up with the one that replaces him
- Dominique de Villepin: Broadening the CSG base to cover AI spending by businesses and households
- Gabriel Attal: Partly funding the cut in employee contributions through AI productivity gains
- Juan Branco: Develop a robotics sector in all fields, including humanoid
- Jérôme Guedj: Framing the Changes in Work Driven by Artificial Intelligence
- Marine Tondelier: Allow CSEs to issue a binding opinion before any deployment of AI in a company
- Natacha Polony: Supporting the AI and robotics sectors through reasoned protectionism, a programming law and taxation
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Develop 4.0 industrial solutions incorporating AI and autonomy in robotics
- Olivier Faure: Create an "AI dividend" to fund social protection
- Édouard Philippe: Discusses his exchanges with executives transforming their production through AI, between opportunities and risks
- Éric Zemmour: Presents artificial intelligence as a third industrial revolution for the West
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