BizFocus Ep.146: When AI steps onto the factory floor

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Through in-depth interviews with industry experts and on-the-ground coverage, we bring you the latest developments and trends in various business sectors.

As artificial intelligence steps into ordinary factories, it's no longer a cold, distant future — tokens flow like electricity, and AI becomes a new "colleague" for frontline workers.

"AI translators" are embedded in production lines, turning the tacit expertise in a craftsman's hands into a language that machines understand.

A new boundary between humans and machines is being redrawn — yet people remain at the center.

In this episode of BizFocus, CGTN reporter He Jingyi goes behind the scenes at factories in Wenzhou to see humans and machines working side by side, and to explore one question: How do we live with thinking machines?