[sologoub]

While China’s use of data has a lot fewer restraints than US/EU, another interesting question to consider is how the government will react when the jobs of their population start to go away and unrest set in. If we are sitting on a powder keg, then China’s and India’s are the biggest ones.

Policy will be a huge wildcard and also criteria for long term success.

[T2_t2]

Are China & India really the issue? I mean, McDonalds only just committed to automation of ordering at a minimum wage much higher than that in China or India.

I think we over estimate where and by how much automation will strike. Poor to middle income people in rich countries are most at risk. Question is, can we pivot the country to find gainful employment for the dispersed peoples?

[sologoub]

China and India have the biggest populations, so based on the articles reasoning they stand to have the biggest problems because of loss of jobs.

[seanmcdirmid]

What? McDonalds had automated ordering kiosks in China long before the US. The one near my apartment in Beijing got them in late 2015.

[sologoub]

Yeah was really not thinking McDonalds. They also have those kiosks all over EU locations.