{"id":18581,"date":"2025-04-21T00:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T00:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:37:35","slug":"humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: \u2018embodied AI\u2019 is reshaping daily life in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s leaders see artificial intelligence as key to upgrading military strength, solving problems created by a shrinking workforce, and a source of national pride<\/p>\n<p>On a misty Saturday afternoon in Shenzhen\u2019s Central Park, a gaggle of teenage girls are sheltering from the drizzle under a concrete canopy. With their bags of crisps piled high in front of them, they crowd around a couple of smartphones to sing along to Mandopop ballads. The sound of their laughter rings out across the surrounding lawn \u2013 until it is pierced by a mechanical buzzing sound. Someone has ordered dinner.<\/p>\n<p>A few metres away from the impromptu karaoke session is an \u201cairdrop cabinet\u201d, one of more than 40 in Shenzhen that is operated by Meituan, China\u2019s biggest food delivery platform. Hungry park-goers can order anything from rice noodles to Subway sandwiches to bubble tea.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/21\/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/40ba05a0b613c7e594efc17cd9dbaab7a8d16c43\/0_202_4000_2399\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7935a41973bbf759985c2fdb3e8e0a72\" title=\"Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: \u2018embodied AI\u2019 is reshaping daily life in China\" \/>China\u2019s leaders see artificial intelligence as key to upgrading military strength, solving problems created by a shrinking workforce, and a source of national pride<br \/>\nOn a misty Saturday afternoon in Shenzhen\u2019s Central Park, a gaggle of teenage girls are sheltering from the drizzle under a concrete canopy. With their bags of crisps piled high in front of them, they crowd around a couple of smartphones to sing along to Mandopop ballads. The sound of their laughter rings out across the surrounding lawn \u2013 until it is pierced by a mechanical buzzing sound. Someone has ordered dinner.<br \/>\nA few metres away from the impromptu karaoke session is an \u201cairdrop cabinet\u201d, one of more than 40 in Shenzhen that is operated by Meituan, China\u2019s biggest food delivery platform. Hungry park-goers can order anything from rice noodles to Subway sandwiches to bubble tea. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s leaders see artificial intelligence as key to upgrading military strength, solving problems created by a shrinking workforce, and a source of national pride On a misty Saturday afternoon in Shenzhen\u2019s Central Park, a gaggle of teenage girls are sheltering from the drizzle under a concrete canopy. With their bags of crisps piled high in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/humanoid-workers-and-surveillance-buggies-embodied-ai-is-reshaping-daily-life-in-china\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: \u2018embodied AI\u2019 is reshaping daily life in China<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}