Eric Siu explains why people in India, China, and Southeast Asia see AI as a path to modernization and opportunity, while Americans and Western Europeans worry mostly about job loss and protecting existing wealth.
Here's overall AI sentiment when you look at different countries. So you look at Asian countries, India, China, 80+%— 80 to 89% is public, right? India, Southeast Asia, all these emerging markets. Okay, wait, wait, before you give the answer, can I guess America? But you can get the other markets. Go ahead, guess America. I believe less than 50% are enthusiastic about AI. It's not just America though. What other countries do you think are negative? I think most of Europe, like Western Europe. And why do you think that is? They're worried about what it can do for their job and the stability that they have. They're worried that things can get worse for them. You know, I remember we were at a dinner once and then you used the phrase, and one of our mutual friends was listening, you used the phrase wealth preservation, which he tuned into that one. So here's the thing, that concept doesn't— that also applies here too. When you think about the developed markets like Europe and the USA, right? What is it? It's wealth preservation. There's a lot of anxiety around not They don't want to lose what they have right now, right? Job loss, AI misinformation, all this stuff, right? But when you look at emerging markets, there's a lot of hope, right? And I wouldn't even say China's emerging market, like they're number 2 in the world. Sure, there's a lot— they have a lot of large population, but they're highly optimistic. Why? Because they see this as a way to modernize the work that they do and bridge existing skill gaps. And there's hope that's tied to it, right? And again, but I would say this, it's a mindset thing at the end of the day, right?
