Does it come from a cultural mindset, or are people from China just as confused?

From what I have seen, the attitude towards AI in China is entirely different. The population largely believes it's a positive technology that will help improve their lives. While in America there is a seething hatred towards AI where people believe the benefits will all go to the billionaires while they are put out of a job.

If you look at the way Chinese AI companies act compared to American ones, it's easy to see how people feel this way.

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pjc50 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The crucial difference: in China, if a billionare might become more powerful than the government, they get disappeared and re-educated: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56448688

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Gigachad 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Jack Ma is as scummy as the American tech elite, The whole 996 work schedule was from his companies. It's honestly good for society that people like him get reined in.

And it's not like they sent him to some north korean death camp. He's still one of the richest people in China, he just failed to deregulate the finance industry.

	▲	Markoff 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Jack Ma is as scummy as the American tech elite, The whole 996 work schedule was from his companies. doubt that, 996 has long tradition in China (even in Huawei, at least for young interns), heck even their schools were pretty much 996 up recently and most small businesses operate more like 997 closing only once a year for Chinese new year

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Markoff 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

not true

1. people losing income/jobs because of AI see it differently, you can even find videos of regular chinese talking about their daily life and how they see AI

programmer's view - has to make food delivery to make money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJZFUEQebbI

this one is more about regular life than about AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba_iwcFmxE8

2.it helps AI content in China needs to be marked, so pretty much every Chinese ad now contains AI mark, which become quite pointless since AI is used absolutely everywhere

3. but yeah, people can see it more positively since technology is more regulated and less used for milking customers