BEIJING: As artificial intelligence continues to make headlines, Chinese internet companies are busy scouting for talent that can take them to the forefront of this transformational technology. The domestic job market is in the process of adapting to this new environment, which in turn is raising the eligibility threshold for job seekers, experts said.
A joint report released recently by Peking University’s National School of Development and recruitment portal Zhaopin shows that AI-related job openings surged in the first half of the year. Positions related to natural language processing increased 111 percent year-on-year in the first six months on Zhaopin, while those related to deep learning increased 61 percent. The average monthly salary for these jobs was around 24,000 yuan ($3,370). Hu Jiayin, an associate professor at the National School of Development, noted that it is not easy to get AI-related jobs, because they have higher entry threshold.
“Several positions related to natural language processing and deep learning have higher requirements in terms of education and work experience. The eligibility criteria have been rising, so it’s necessary to get higher education degrees and richer work experience if job seekers wish for employment in the AI sector,” she said. In 2022, United States-based OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT and other large language models — AI systems that are capable of comprehending and generating human language by processing vast amounts of text data — caught the domestic job market off guard. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
