Chinese robots will not replace Chinese workers. They will replace ours.

China has detailed plans and budgets to dominate the robotics and humanoid robot industries within five years. Already, they have the highest over-expected buildout of robots in the world, at 12.5x.

Policy papers and statements from senior officials have shown that they are also determined to build out supply chains and manufacturing clusters to achieve these goals.

The United States, by contrast, has no robotics foundries, and lags in every important metric except in robotics software.

Resources and links:

China plans to own humanoid markets

100 most relevant industrial clusters in China

Analysis of China's innovation and progress in robotics, compared to peers

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[jamesho]

My father was professor of CompSci and was one of the early pioneers of robotics. At the time of his death in 98', the robotics industry was nearly non-existent. Early on, he recognized the talent and ingenuity of his mainland Chinese students and saw their potential. I recall that he stated that with a population in excess of a billion and given the opportunities, there would be a proportionate number of prodigous individuals who could remake China. Fastforward 2024, I think he would not be surprised at today's China. The problem is whether or not the US can peacefully coexist with such a comnpetitor.

[aww]

Chinese government is working for its people, believe it or not . So robots will be work for the people.
Western governments is working for the multinationals and is controlled by them ( one way or the other ), their robots will be used / sold for max. Profits .

[YongLi-npwg]

Westerners mistake China's economy planning with the Soviet's planned economy. They are completely different things. Chinese economy planning is a collabratted compaign orchestrated by the government. State owned company takes care of raw material and low margin but essential technology and made them commodity to private sector. Private sector takes on high margin high risk and labor intensive tasks. The provincial government will move mountains to help enterprises grow in their territory to boost local economy and create jobs. The central government doesn't control everything. Market and competition still exists. The government tries everything to keep the competition health and efficient. This is no secret.

[keirenle]

I always appreciate an intelligent discussion. Recently, I saw a head line in sky news" why Australia silent when uk calls China a threat", that is what they interest in, unfortunately. Throwing muds and calling names, instead of figure out the path to motivate ourselves to compete. I wish calling names would make a difference, if it s not then we are on the one way street to irrelevancy

[q]

Instead of working harder and working longer hours, they just apply more sanctions and printing more money. 😅😅😅

[root]

Many Westerners worry that robots will cause large numbers of workers to lose their jobs, but few Chinese worry about this issue. The fundamental reason is that Chinese education clearly tells the Chinese people that technological progress is accompanied by changes in wealth distribution methods or systems to adapt to this progress. We might as well assume that robots have replaced the vast majority of jobs, then we only need to legislate to take away most of the profits and distribute them to those who are unemployed to solve this problem. We can enjoy the convenience brought by robot work and reduce the pressure of survival. Fear comes from being accustomed to old living habits, fear of change or not knowing how to adapt to change. You just need to understand that all the rules of human society are made by humans themselves. They are not set in stone. On the contrary, they should continue to reform as the real environment changes to adapt to changes in the real environment.

[wnklee]

It's amazing what you can do when you don't spend all your money on the military.

[wanderingquestions]

China has a huge population of highly educated high-skilled people. What they’re capable of is beyond American understanding.

[Theldgat]

I saw a video a couple of years ago about a chinese company that was developing robots to take care of the ederly. That's the best option to take care of their growing aging population without using too much of their productive workforce.

[winsonip]

The advent of new technologies has placed China on equal footing with the West, in contrast to traditional industries where the West holds a significant majority of intellectual property and can exploit it to impede China's progress. China has already made impressive strides in the fields of green energy, AI, and robotics, accumulating substantial expertise. They are now diligently forging an ecosystem conducive to the development of these technologies into thriving industries, not only for their own benefit but also for the betterment of the global community.

[deepone]

How to compete with 1.5 bil strong nation whose average IQ is 105 to 113, and whose capacity for hard work is well known all over the world wherever they may live? The socialist model suited them to a T for that had been the way they were in the dynastic era.

[shiulai]

Robots are the future of manufacturing. Every nation will follow suit.
But for China, as well as other nations with an aging population such as Japan, robots will also be useful in elder care.
In other words, they will be an additional work force in both manufacturing and services.
I wish I could buy a robot maid here in North America right now. But we are nowhere near it.

[Aceks]

In a socialist economy, you will always have some kind of job even if robots take most of those jobs. In a purely capitalist economy, your job security isn't there if a robot can do it. Think about it.

[xiaowen]

I think the reason why our government is obsessed with industrial automation is not profit, but the realistic crisis and ideological self-limitation.

Our population is aging, and secondary and higher education is becoming popular. We can't learn from the United States, outsourcing manufacturing to other backward areas and hoping to dominate their future through political and military hegemony to eliminate risks. We also don't want to get young immigrants with low education to fill the bottom service industry by disturbing our neighbors in the south.

We must ensure that we have an industrial manufacturing system with all vertical capabilities, without copying the practices of the United States. This is why we are obsessed with industrial automation, which is a different strategy to deal with change driven by different ideologies.

We China people don't have any unusual ability to predict or organize, but we have different views.

[jameschu]

The world is not stagnant and is dynamic. Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Middle East countries, etc are surging and developing fast and eventually catching up with the West. China is no exception. Please do not fear competition. Human societies are evolving to greater heights.

[philiptan]

The development of humanoid robots is a logical phase in the rise of technology. Just from own experience the inefficiency in the supermarkets by human personnel can be eliminated by humanoid robots. All companies and military can make use of robots and there is nothing that a human can prevent its rise and China will be the first country that makes use of humanoid robots and exports them abroad.

[orangutan]

It is about time the USA learn from the Chinese. Like Socialism? Taking care the roads, the bridges and the homeless?

[shiulai]

@adam asked a good question
"Since you have deciphered China's formula for domination, why can't the more advanced countries of Europe and America do the same?"
I would like to hear from everyone why America and the West it leads have chosen to sanction China instead of working to improve their own systems?

[fredfrond]

Amazing how fast your channel has grown. The first time I saw your channel it was like 200 views after 9 hours. Today it is 8600 views 😮after 9 hours.

[DW-oply]

the Chinese would be more likely to give a universal basic income

Than most countries