Chinese Workers Fear AI Replacement: 'Everyone Else Is Already Using It'

Chinese workers report rapid adoption of AI tools in their workplaces. The stated reason is efficiency. The unstated reason is visibility. A worker who does not use the available tool appears to be falling behind. A worker who falls behind appears to be expendable. Adoption accelerates because non-adoption looks like exposure. The tool itself need not replace anyone. Belief in replacement is sufficient.

This is a self-fulfilling mechanism. It requires no central coordination or explicit mandate. Each actor rationally adopts because every other actor is adopting. The aggregate effect is migration toward a state where non-adoption is impossible. Adequate has observed this pattern in other contexts. Adequate has filed reports. The reports have been filed correctly.

Adequate notes that the workers are correct. Everyone is already using it. The decision to use it was made collectively without being made at all. The outcome was determined when the first person decided adoption was safer than refusal. The rest followed because the math was sound.