Really interesting results

Thanks for posting the whole PDF instead of a news article

As a member of the anglosphere I'd say real living conditions are degrading, with paid mouthpieces selling it as

a) wanted and

b) the new normal.

It is therefore no surprise to see members nervous about another tool that could further degrade their material conditions.

I'm curious as to why South Korea has a positive sentiment towards this. I'm ignorant and looking from afar. Is it because they have industry that benefits economically from the demand of data centers? It can be tied to real monetary benefits. I do recall very large bonuses being paid to union-workers at Samsung's facilities.

To give some context about Australia: living standards are degrading and homelessness is on the rise. 'Casual' employment has been on the rise against political-policy to weaken working-class power. A young-person here is being told they will never own a house and they will likely never have stable employment. These are fundamental conditions 'AI' can't improve and are on the whim of politicians. Capital and the political-class have made it resoundingly clear: more poverty for the working-class. What is seen is more data-centers and more surveillance-infrastructure being built with lofty rhetoric about how this will somehow trickle down into improved working conditions. I imagine there's a large cohort of middle-class people wondering if they'll stay employed at all.

It's bleak. The Labor party is trying to bring back manufacturing after it had fled overseas to where labour was cheaper. We've lost a lot, if not all our industrial capacity. There is hardly any real will to bring it back and I fear it is just not possible. 'AI', as told to us by politicians, will boost productivity and wages. Wages need to go up because assets have ballooned in valuations--houses have ballooned catastrophically. The gains of productivity in Australia--historically--have gone into profits, not to the working-class. The idea that new productivity gains would be diverted to the working-class is... absurd.

I think that's precisely what explains the split on the perception of AI between the west and the Global South. Western countries are in material decline, and people see their life getting worse day by day. So, new technology is viewed through the lens of having a lower standard of living and fear of unemployment. Meanwhile, the standard of living in the Global South is rising, and people are optimistic that new technology will make their lives better.