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When the dazzling technologies at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai flood your screens, you may not notice that the entrepreneurs behind them are, on average, only in their 20s. At WAIC, we met a group of young Chinese AI entrepreneurs who are bringing their bold ideas to life and expanding the boundaries of human-AI interaction. Why are young people so willing to take on the challenge? How are they capable of leading the way? And where are humans and AI headed together? Let's hear what they have to say.

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