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The pressure to innovate in Silicon Valley’s burgeoning AI industry is resulting in grueling work schedules for many. Reports circulating on Reddit’s r/artificialintelligence, and other platforms, indicate that leading researchers and high-level executives are routinely working between 80 and 100 hours per week. The intense pace has drawn comparisons to a wartime mobilization, reflecting the perceived urgency to achieve breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. The original post can be found here: [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1odx2b3/ai_workers_are_logging_100hour_weeks_as_silicon/](https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1odx2b3/ai_workers_are_logging_100hour_weeks_as_silicon/).