Love, death and the AI takeover in China

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0:00 Intro
00:53 Coding empathy in AI and China's AI stakeholders
7:10 AI romance ft. ChatGPT DAN and Xiaobing
8:02 ty Gling.ai!
9:41 The appeal of AI from a user, Xiaobing and her maker
19:28 Grief clones and the China's grief tech industry
23:38 Concluding thoughts + comparisons to the West

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References

My notes for this video was over 40 pages long hAHAHA I really enjoyed all the papers I read and the craziest thing was it felt like half the papers I was reading up on were only published in the last year or so which is so exciting!! I think if I were to recommend anything, it would be to please show Sixth Tone some love bc I love all the work they do and I've been following them before youtube and they consistently write the most insightful pieces on China!

Academic references

Ji, X., Kuai, J. and Zamith, R. (2024). Scrutinizing Algorithms: Assessing Journalistic Role Performance in Chinese News Media’s Coverage of Artificial Intelligence. Journalism practice, pp.1–18. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2336136.

Liberati, N. (2022). Digital Intimacy in China and Japan. Human Studies. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-022-09631-9.

Shaleen Khanal, Zhang, H. and Araz Taeihagh (2024). Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China: When Beijing’s Global Ambitions Meet Local Realities. The Journal of contemporary China/Journal of contemporary China, pp.1–24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2024.2333492.
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Song, X., Xu, B. and Zhao, Z. (2022). Can people experience romantic love for artificial intelligence? An empirical study of intelligent assistants. Information & Management, 59(2), p.103595. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103595.

Zhou, L. (2023). A Historical Overview of Artificial Intelligence in China. Science Insights, online 42(6), pp.969–973. doi:https://doi.org/10.15354/si.23.re588.

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Blue Whale FInance (2024). Grieving in the Age of AI: When Virtual Reunions Blur Reality. online #SixthTone. Available at: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1014906

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