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MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
4/20/2026

The original headline is 11 words: "Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles–and pushing back"

Original: Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles–and pushing back

Short summary

Chinese tech workers are being asked by employers to train AI agents that could replace them, sparking ethical concerns and pushback among early AI adopters. A GitHub project called Colleague Skill enables workers to encode colleagues' skills and personalities into AI replicas. The trend reflects broader tensions between AI adoption and job security in China's tech sector.

  • Chinese employers instructing workers to train AI agents designed to replicate and replace them
  • Colleague Skill project allows encoding of worker skills and personality traits into AI systems
  • Growing resistance from tech workers despite initial enthusiasm for AI adoption

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