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   Why AI optimism in the Global South diverges from Western anxiety

   A Rest of World opinion essay argues that Western anxiety about AI contrasts sharply with widespread optimism in much of the Global South, attributing part of the gap to demographics and to building around concrete needs. The author cites Stanford's 2025 AI Index finding that 83% of respondents in China, 80% in Indonesia and 77% in Thailand said AI-powered products offer more benefits than drawbacks, versus 39% in the U.S. and 36% in the Netherlands, while a 2025 Pew Research Center survey found only 17% of U.S. adults expected AI to have a positive impact on the country over the next 20 years. The piece also notes that AI-made micro-dramas have become a multibillion-dollar industry in China, pointing to Zombie Cleaner, made for under $500 by a part-time wedding photographer in rural Yunnan, which drew tens of millions of views overseas.

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