From the emergence of new professions such as AI trainers, AI product managers, and AI ethics auditors, to the rise of entrepreneurial paradigms such as "one person companies", artificial intelligence is accelerating the reshaping of the professional landscape and also putting forward new requirements for the professional quality of workers. What new jobs and opportunities will the technological paradigm shift create under the empowerment of AI? What kind of talent can better adapt to the AI era? Within Xunfei Medical Technology Co., Ltd., AI medical researcher Hu Pingping is evaluating the performance of medical big models in the diagnosis and treatment of complex cases, attempting to discover subtle issues with the model's lack of empathy when responding to patients. Her and her team's goal is to make AI not only "understand disease treatment", but also "understand people". Hu Pingping was once a gastroenterologist. Five years ago, she transformed into an AI trainer, using her medical expertise to participate in training medical models to better serve grassroots doctors and residents' health management. We are both inheritors of medical experience and promoters of technological applications. ”Hu Pingping said. With the accelerated integration of artificial intelligence into various industries, new positions such as AI trainers engaged in data annotation, animators using AI to generate content, and product managers coordinating the entire process of AI products continue to emerge, and the demand for composite and application-oriented talents continues to expand. PwC's 2025 Global AI Employment Barometer shows that the number of jobs involving AI applications is increasing globally; The average salary premium for employees with AI skills is 56%, which is twice the previous year. A recent report released by 58.com also pointed out that nearly 50 new types of "human-machine collaboration" positions and 40 intelligent new services have emerged on the platform. Artificial intelligence technology is profoundly reconstructing the employment ecology and career landscape, promoting the upgrading of workers' skill structure, evolving towards higher added value, and forming a new employment paradigm characterized by human-machine collaboration and intelligent empowerment. ”Liu Cong, President of iFlytek Research Institute, said. Currently, breakthroughs in technologies such as embodied intelligence and world modeling are accelerating, and artificial intelligence is moving from language processing to understanding and modeling the physical world. The "Top 10 AI Technology Trends of 2026" released by Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute believes that the industry's technological paradigm is undergoing profound changes. Industry experts point out that AI is becoming an important infrastructure for an intelligent society, providing a new pivot for improving employment quality by empowering traditional industries and fostering new business models. In the field of robotics, embodied intelligence promotes the development of humanoid robots towards higher autonomy and stronger human-machine collaboration capabilities, gradually entering real application scenarios. Humanoid robots can be widely used in various scenarios such as industry, commerce, culture and tourism, healthcare, and home. The large-scale development of this industry will create a large number of new job opportunities in various links of the industrial chain, such as design and research and development, production and manufacturing, testing and certification, maintenance and repair, and scene applications. ”Wang Huan, Director of the Policy Research and International Cooperation Department of the China Electronics Society, said. At the same time, AI has also lowered the threshold for entrepreneurship. One person company (OPC) is gradually emerging - one person can complete content production, product operation, and service delivery with the help of AI tools. From Suzhou's proposal to create the preferred city for OPC entrepreneurship to the launch of relevant communities and support policies in multiple places, the "single person+AI" entrepreneurship model is accelerating towards the mainstream. OPC is shifting from individual creation to 'super individuals' with scalability capabilities. ”Shenyang, a dual professor from the School of Journalism and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Tsinghua University, believes that in the next five years, this form is expected to become an important component of the digital economy. What is the core competitiveness of humans when AI can generate a large amount of content in a very short period of time? Several experts believe that in the context of human-machine collaboration, human imagination, judgment, aesthetic ability, critical thinking, and emotional interaction skills will become irreplaceable advantages. Wang Huan pointed out that in the future, talent cultivation should strengthen interdisciplinary literacy and comprehensive abilities, while accelerating the improvement of the AI new vocational training system to help workers smoothly transition. Professor Zhang Junping from the School of Computing and Intelligent Innovation at Fudan University has made a judgment that "slash" may be one of the main ways of life for people in the future. Because we cannot predict which career field AI will make breakthrough progress in, in order to enhance risk resistance, we need to avoid relying on a single skill or profession and improve comprehensive abilities. Moreover, the emergence of AI enables people to quickly enter different fields, greatly shortening the process from novice to expert. ”Zhang Junping said. Zhang Junping suggested that the younger generation should establish a cognitive paradigm centered on "AI thinking" to enhance their ability to master AI and shape new development advantages; To establish a dynamically evolving knowledge system and enhance the future competitiveness of interdisciplinary integration and ethical guidance. At the same time, we should be vigilant against the situation of "becoming weaker due to excessive reliance on AI", especially in the youth education stage, where it is not advisable to use AI too early. Priority should be given to developing independent learning abilities and cultivating unique imagination and perspectives. (New Society)