An open-source AI project allowing the 'harvesting' of human skills, from historical figures to everyday workers, has gained traction in China. This trend surfaces as young Chinese workers grapple with growing job insecurity due to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.

An open-source artificial intelligence project aimed at harvesting human capabilities into reusable AI “skills” has gone viral in China, gaining traction as a meme among the country’s uneasy young workers as they face growing job insecurity amid rapid AI advances. Supposedly, certain skills of luminaries such as Steve Jobs, spiritual figures like Gautama Buddha and ordinary office workers have been extracted into digital form and uploaded online, making these skills – such as Jobs’ product...