u/MerePotato

I've noticed traditionally Japanese media has expressed a much more optimistic and positive or at least sympathetic sentiment towards AI and more specifically robots than that of a lot of countries, I assume owing in part to the foundational works of artists like Osami Tezuka.

From your perspective is that still the case today or has the attitude among the general population appeared to shift somewhat as the topic has graduated from sci-fi and philosophy to a real societal issue and topic of debate?

I understand this could mean a fair few things so for the sake of simplicity I'm asking about the broader topic rather than stuff like image generation which I don't think is popular anywhere.