Forum: Embracing AI while preserving human spirit in digital age

Fan Deng, founder and chief content officer of Fanshu App, said that he believes traditional reading, especially physical books, matters more than ever amid the AI boom.

He explained that printed books offer a unique sense of control that digital reading cannot match. They help readers jump out of cognitive blind spots that AI can never uncover.

"Information absorption from AI recaps and audio book talks is merely 10 percent of the speed of reading printed text. People who read paper books can gain knowledge far more efficiently," he said.

Fan urged the public to keep reading printed books and maintain independent thinking in the intelligent age.

Liu Moxian, senior researcher of Tencent Research Institute in Shenzhen, highlighted human-AI collaboration as the key to producing high-quality Chinese cultural content.

Generative AI significantly cuts costs and time for professional creators, turning imaginative ideas into polished works efficiently. It also lowers creation thresholds, enabling ordinary people to turn over 80 percent of their ideas into fine productions, he noted.

"New business models built on token consumption and AI agent adoption have become viable," he said. "More input in human creativity and computing power can generate higher-quality content. Creators can see their value premium multiply even hundreds of times, laying a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the industry."