Chinese Tech Workers Confront AI Doubles and Pushback Tools

Earlier this month, a GitHub initiative named Colleague Skill, developed by Tianyi Zhou at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, gained immense popularity on Chinese social media. Initially intended as a parody, it struck a chord with tech professionals who are documenting their workflows for automation via AI tools such as OpenClaw and Claude Code. This tool allows users to import chat histories and files from Lark and DingTalk, creating manuals that depict colleagues for AI emulation. In Shanghai, Amber Li replicated a former coworker, while Koki Xu introduced an "anti-distillation" tool on April 4 to disrupt workflow automation, amassing over 5 million likes. Concerns regarding dignity, individuality, and job security remain, with Xu raising questions about the ownership of personal traits in skills. AI tools have not yet replaced actual workers.