@rohanpaul_ai: OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger talks about how China is going all-in for AI agents and OpenClaw. "In China, install…

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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger discusses China's aggressive adoption of AI agents for workplace automation, contrasting subsidy incentives with employment risks elsewhere. The talk highlights how employees are mandated to automate tasks daily using tools like OpenClaw under threat of termination.

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger talks about how China is going all-in for AI agents and OpenClaw. "In China, installing OpenClaw is called raising lobsters. Thousands of people were lining up at the Tencent office in Shenzhen to get their lobster installed. Shenzhen even gives out subsidies for people running businesses on OpenClaw. Now, if you install OpenAIClaw on your work machine (in many other parts of the world), at least with the default settings, you might get fired. And then I met an entrepreneur in China who showed me a spreadsheet. Every employee, every day, one task automated by OpenClaw. If you miss too many days, you're fired. So, fired for using it, fired for not using it." --- From official 'TED' YT channel (link in comment)

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