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About a quarter of South Koreans already pay for AI services, compared to just 2% of Americans

South Korea is preparing to offer free generative AI services to its entire population, using the technology to help people handle everyday tasks such as booking medical appointments, finding housing, and sorting out taxes.

The program is intended to expand access to homegrown AI systems while giving the government a larger role in how they are used for everyday services.

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The initiative is part of South Korea's effort to build a stronger domestic AI industry and reduce its reliance on systems developed in the US and China.

I get it. And even though this arrangement gives me some major government-corporate complex ick, I think it's better for all of us to limit the global reach of the US and Chinese mass surveillance operations.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

The entire SK economy is built upon major government-corporate complex ick

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I'm still waiting to see who implements cyberpunk first: the Sovereign Chaebol of Samsung or the United State of FAANG.

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago
[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Risky click of the day.

Btw, were we already giving -gate suffixes to everything in 2014?

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Remember tan suit-gate? Mustardgate? Of course we were

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Oh man, my memory from 2010s are fading away already. Thanks for the reminder.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The technology isn’t useful enough in the short term to afford crippling your labor force in the long term. Stop using it.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

SK's population problems too, and its worse than japans.

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