Discussion keeps the world turning This is Roundtable There's a new divide emerging
in China between those who know how to use AI and those who don't.
Office workers are adapting fast, but what about the street vendor, the retiree,
or the person who never touched a computer?
The surprising answer comes from another era, as a matter of fact.
Night school.
Community centers where people spend their evenings studying for free or almost free.
Cities across China are turning back the clock to bring everyone along.
We're live from our studios here in Beijing.
This is Roundtable.
I'm Steve Hatherly.
Thank you very much for being with us today.
And for today's show, I'm with Feifei and Yuxia.
First up...
AI is quickly becoming something close to a basic life skill here in China, knowing how to use it,
and just as importantly, knowing how to spot when it's being used against you.
But that skill isn't spreading evenly.
Office workers with time and resources are picking it up fast.
But small merchants, seniors, and people without a tech background risk being left behind entirely.
China's answer has been strikingly and ironically old-fashioned.