Chinese Tech Workers Resist Being Made to Train AI Systems to Replace Them
Tech workers in China are facing employer pressure to train AI agents modeled on themselves, sparking a backlash among workers who fear self-engineered redundancy. MIT Technology Review reports that a viral spoof GitHub project called 'Colleague Skill'—purporting to let companies replicate employees as AI agents—struck a nerve and catalyzed broader soul-searching in China's tech industry. The MIT Tech Review Download newsletter also notes the story alongside coverage of 'mirror bacteria,' a separate scientific controversy about synthetic life.
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