US: Nobel laureate lauds China's concerns over AI, employment.

Shotlist Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Aerial shot of business street 2. Various of foreign buyers at Huaqiangbei FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 3. Various of smart wearables 4. High-end manufacturing in progress 5. Various of customs officials examining AI-related products Las Vegas, USA - Aug 5, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer; Nobel laureate: "I believe that in China, they are pushing for the idea 'You can't just replace a worker with an AI. You've got to have workers working with AI to do the job'. I think the Chinese are probably more concerned about unemployment than American companies. The danger is that if you get unemployment, the government will lose a lot of its tax base. At the very time when it needs a lot of resources to deal with the unemployed, and that will cause terrible social disruption." FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 7. Various of researchers working 8. High-end manufacturing in progress 9. Various of intelligent bionic robots working Las Vegas, USA - Aug 5, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Geoffrey Hinton, AI pioneer; Nobel laureate (starting with shot 9): "I also think big companies would always prefer you to think of regulations as just slowing things down. I'm suggesting that development of AI is like the accelerator of a car and regulation is like the brakes that will suppress innovation. I think that's the wrong model. I think the way to think of it is that development is like the accelerator and regulations like the steering wheel. That's a very different model, and I think the point of regulations is not to suppress development, is to make development go in the right direction that helps people." FILE: Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 11. Various of technicians operating equipment 12. Various of technician operating robot dog Storyline Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, lauded as the godfather of AI, spoke highly of the Chinese government's mature considerations and cautious attitude towards the relationship between AI and employment. Hinton shared his insights on the fast development of AI on Wednesday during 2026 AI4, a large AI conference that ran from Aug 4 to 6 in Las Vegas. "I believe that in China, they are pushing for the idea 'You can't just replace a worker with an AI. You've got to have workers working with AI to do the job'. I think the Chinese are probably more concerned about unemployment than American companies. The danger is that if you get unemployment, the government will lose a lot of its tax base. At the very time when it needs a lot of resources to deal with the unemployed, and that will cause terrible social disruption," he said. Hinton said that regulations should not hinder the development of AI, but rather guide its direction. "I also think big companies would always prefer you to think of regulations as just slowing things down. I'm suggesting that development of AI is like the accelerator of a car and regulation is like the brakes that will suppress innovation. I think that's the wrong model. I think the way to think of it is that development is like the accelerator and regulations like the steering wheel. That's a very different model, and I think the point of regulations is not to suppress development, is to make development go in the right direction that helps people," he said.