Chinese actor now sells vegetables in his hometown after AI takes over China's short dramas

According to Channel NewsAsia, Chinese actor Xu Peng once spent fifteen hours a day on set filming short dramas—one of China's booming entertainment formats. But as artificial intelligence begins replacing human actors in that space, Xu found himself out of work. He's since returned to his hometown in rural Shandong Province, where he now works at a local market. It's a stark illustration of how AI disruption extends well beyond tech: when algorithms take over an industry, the pivot is often back to basics.

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