[Vox pop] How do Chinese people see AI?
In recent years, China has become one of the fastest-moving players in the global AI race. AI is now becoming part of everyday life for many Chinese people. And now, amid the sweeping changes triggered by this technological wave, ThinkChina’s Lu Lingming and Yi Jina speak with some Chinese to hear what they really think about AI today.
With the rapid rise of large AI models in recent years, AI is no longer something people only talk about in tech circles. It is already in search engines, shopping apps, translation tools and even the creative arts. For many people in China, AI has quietly become part of daily life.
But as AI becomes more useful, it also raises a more uncomfortable question: will it help ordinary people’s lives better, or will it bring more pressure?
In our vox pop, many respondents said they had already felt the pressure. Some worried that creative jobs, such as design, writing and video editing, could be among the first to be replaced. Others pointed to office work, law, finance and other professional fields, where AI is now able to process information faster than humans. For them, the fear is not just that AI will replace one task, but that it may change the value of human work altogether.
At the same time, not everyone saw AI as a threat. Some respondents felt that people should learn to use AI instead of resisting it. In their view, AI is becoming a basic skill, much like learning to use the internet or office software in the past. If the working environment is changing, individuals have to update their own skills as well.
So is AI making life more convenient, or is it creating a new kind of anxiety? Watch the video to hear what some Chinese have to say.