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June 27, 2025
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Why don't Chinese people care about artificial intelligence?

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Why don't Chinese people care about artificial intelligence?


The western world seems to be in collective indignation over the fact that artificial intelligence has entered the vocabulary of those who aren't always online.


The internet seems to be taking over our feeds, but the chinese seem less concerned.


In china, if you find such videos, most people will either comment on the story with a straight face or ask about how it was created.


The issue needs to be approached from the two pain points that western web users have with aigc.


Or ips by real artists and companies, and they don’t always ask for permission.


Copyright awareness in china has been, let’s put it this way, as much as the law limits it.


So, most end users don’t feel very strongly about how the models are trained.


John oliver said that artificial intelligence can be used to create fake news reports on non-existent events.


There are concerns that many in the creative industry share, which is copyrighted and artificial intelligence-generated images, making searches on baidu more difficult.


One of the biggest concerns is the use of artificial intelligence to scam people.


Adding "original" verification and aigc declaration might slow the spread of the "ai slop" on chinese social media.


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