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

Tech workers in China are being asked by their employers to train AI agents (software programs that can autonomously perform tasks) to automate their own jobs, sparked by tools like Colleague Skill that can extract a worker's skills and habits from workplace chat histories and files to create an AI replica. While some workers find the technology interesting, many feel uncomfortable and alienated by the process, viewing it as reducing their complex work to replaceable modules and raising concerns about job security and worker dignity.