The Economist
The surprising popularity of AI
Unlike rich Westerners, many around the world feel hopeful about the technology
Who is afraid of AI-driven robots? Not this child in Shanghai.
As a boy growing up in the aftermath of the Korean war, Bae Oh-do would venture out into the forest to gather firewood to heat his family’s home. “The manual era is completely ingrained in me,” says the 70-year-old violin salesman, sitting under a tree in a park in Seoul’s Jong-no district. He recalls having to use a foot-operated “treadle pump” to get water, as well as his delight when the first tractors rolled into the South Korean countryside.
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Source: Der Standard
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