Miguel Afonso Caetano"The frenzy around OpenClaw in China — dubbed “raising a lobster,” referring to the AI agent’s red logo — captured a deeper fear among workers: Tools meant to boost productivity could soon replace them. For many, mastering OpenClaw has been less about curiosity than survival in a workplace where AI adoption is accelerating rapidly.
You can get eliminated anytime. How can you not be anxious?”
“It feels like playing Squid Game,” Shanghai-based Lambert Li, who was among the early users of OpenClaw, told Rest of World, referring to the Netflix drama where contestants compete in brutal elimination games. “You can get eliminated anytime. How can you not be anxious?” Li’s employer laid off 30% of its workforce in 2025, cutting employees who were unable to adapt quickly enough to AI.
The growth of AI has triggered global anxiety about job loss — and it is most palpable in China, where the government is pouring enormous resources into artificial intelligence, and betting on it to drive the country’s future economic growth. China has one of the world’s largest AI user bases. The massive push has caused a constant fear of redundancy among workers, coupled with the social stigma of job loss. Experts believe this could have larger economic and social implications for the country."
https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-anxiety-openclaw-jobs-redundancy/
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