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China’s non-programmers build AI tools as fear of falling behind grows
Mainland outlet Jizhou Studio profiles non-coders using accessible AI tools like ChatGPT to create personal apps, including an English training agent and a homework-monitoring bot.
A growing number of non-programmers in China are developing their own AI tools, driven by anxiety that they could fall behind as AI reshapes work and everyday life, according to SCMP Economy.
The report says AI courses and side-hustle tutorials have surged on mainland social media as employers increasingly expect workers to build AI literacy, even as enrolment and interest in humanities programmes at universities decline.
SCMP Economy also points to a wider paradox in the AI age, where as machines take on more tasks, humans still need to identify what they alone can do.
In profiles of three non-programmers highlighted by Jizhou Studio, one example is Congcong, 46, a former product manager, who uses ChatGPT to build a spoken English training agent for herself and her daughter, and later a bot that monitors her child’s homework and breaks.