AI替代焦虑

The creeping dread that your job, skills, or entire career path is about to be rendered obsolete by a chatbot that never sleeps, never asks for a raise, and never calls in sick. Chinese internet users deploy this phrase with equal parts dark humor and genuine existential panic — graphic designers, copywriters, and coders alike swap memes about being 'out-competed by tokens.' Think of it as the 21st-century version of factory workers watching the first assembly-line robots roll in, but now the robots can also write poetry.

China's rapid AI adoption in 2024–2025, driven by homegrown models and aggressive corporate automation, collided with an already-stressed youth job market. With graduate unemployment hitting record highs and companies openly advertising 'AI-first' workflows, the anxiety moved from tech-world chatter to a mainstream social mood. Platforms like Xiaohongshu and Weibo filled with posts ranging from genuine career panic to sardonic humor about updating one's résumé to include 'prompt engineering.'

指人们担忧自己的工作或技能会被人工智能取代而产生的焦虑情绪，在职场和社交媒体上广泛流传。