Short-term versus long-term positions

Short-term versus long-term positions

I can see strong arguments for holding to the strictest possible answer in the short term (such that if jurisdictions start to make the judgement call, you're safe unless their decision is a shock to everyone), but time-limiting it with a view to coming back when the commercial dust settles and jurisdictions have either made this a non-question, or extending the time limit if it's still a controversy.

Remember that this is tied in not just with what's legally acceptable, but also what's politically acceptable; part of the reason it's such a big fuss is that in countries with very little support for the unemployed, any technology that's being sold as "reduces the number of people needed to reach a certain level of attainment" is a political timebomb. As a result, it's quite likely to either stop being controversial (once the limits are clear, and it's not a big threat to jobs and to people doing serious work), or be something that's clamped down on hard (because it's that, or civil unrest); saying "let's hold it off for now, and make a serious decision once it's not a mess" is not a bad thing in itself.