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Stablecoins Are the “Royalists” of the Crypto World: Open USD Lets the Old Monetary System Enter the Arena Itself

AI & the Future of Technology2026.07.03
Stablecoins Are the “Royalists” of the Crypto World: Open USD Lets the Old Monetary System Enter the Arena Itself
Introduction｜The arrival of Open USD shifts stablecoin competition from a scramble for market share among crypto startups to a contest over infrastructure in which traditional finance, payment networks, technology platforms, and public-chain ecosystems all take part together. Around this new alliance involving more than 140 institutions, scholar Hu Yilin argues that stablecoins are not the moderate wing of the crypto revolution, but rather something like the “loyalist reformers” inside the old monetary system: they inherit the efficiency of blockchains while preserving the central position of the dollar and the Federal Reserve. The real crypto revolution, in the end, still has to return to a more fundamental question: must market life…
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2026年7月3日
From the China Zun Incident to AI Governance: Hu Yilin on New Technologies, Safety, and Social Mobility

AI & Scholarship2026.06.29
From the China Zun Incident to AI Governance: Hu Yilin on New Technologies, Safety, and Social Mobility
IntroductionAfter the Beijing CITIC Tower, “China Zun,” was struck by a small aircraft, low-altitude flight safety once again became a public issue. But in the view of technology philosophy researcher Hu Yilin, this accident should not be understood only as a low-altitude economy risk; it should be discussed within a much larger problem: whenever a new technology moves into mass use, society always tightens control in the name of safety, but whether that control is effective, who bears its costs, and who enjoys its benefits are often far more worth asking than the question of “whether we need safety” itself. After the China Zun accident, low-altitude safety was pushed into…
technology freedom Introduction to Philosophy of Technology public sphere
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2026年6月29日
The Future Did Not Attend the Project-Approval Meeting: From Unpaid Wastewater Plant Fees to Pre-Sold Apartment Buildings, Hu Yilin Discusses the Monetary Roots of “Afford to Build, but Not to Maintain”

AI & the Future of Technology2026.06.25
The Future Did Not Attend the Project-Approval Meeting: From Unpaid Wastewater Plant Fees to Pre-Sold Apartment Buildings, Hu Yilin Discusses the Monetary Roots of “Afford to Build, but Not to Maintain”
Introductory noteRecently, the operator of the wastewater treatment plant in Gongping Town, Haifeng County, Guangdong, took the Gongping Town government and the Haifeng County Finance Bureau to court, demanding payment of more than 70 million yuan in wastewater treatment fees and late charges accrued through the end of 2025. Caixin reported that this wastewater plant has been in continuous operation for nearly seven years and has treated a cumulative total of more than 38 million tons of wastewater, yet the operator has never received the service fees paid by the local government; because it had long been advancing the costs on its own, the company once applied to suspend operations,…
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2026年6月25日
From “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears

AI & the Future of Technology2026.06.24
From “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears
Hu Yilin on language policy, the revival of dialects, and the boundaries of freedom IntroductionA Chinese film led mainly in Teochew, Dear You, has recently sparked discussion in Singapore. The film was originally released in Singapore mainly with Mandarin dubbing, but after audiences responded enthusiastically to screenings of the original Teochew version, Golden Village added Teochew showings and continued to apply to IMDA for more screenings. The Straits Times reported that some Teochew screenings quickly sold out, and the cinema chain is seeking approval to add more original-language screenings.Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/golden-village-seeking-imda-approval-for-up-to-50-screenings-of-dear-you-in-teochew This controversy is worth paying attention to not only because of a film’s screening choices, but because it once again…
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2026年6月24日
Stop Asking Whether It Was Written by AI; First Ask Whether It’s Any Good

AI & Scholarship2026.06.24
Stop Asking Whether It Was Written by AI; First Ask Whether It’s Any Good
Hu Yilin on AI Writing, Authorial Responsibility, and the Academic Paper System IntroductionAfter science fiction writer Hao Jingfang spoke about AI’s participation in novel writing, a dispute broke out over whether “AI writing should be labeled” and whether “AI as the chief writer still counts as creation.” What such arguments really touch is not how much AI a particular writer used, but how authors, readers, and the academic community should rethink creation, responsibility, and evaluation once AI has entered the formal writing process. Hu Yilin’s position is very clear: he not only supports AI-assisted writing, but also AI-led writing. Human beings can in the future completely become second authors, editors,…
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2026年6月24日
AI Regulation Must Not Become a New Despotism in the Technological Age

AI & Scholarship2026.06.24
AI Regulation Must Not Become a New Despotism in the Technological Age
Recently, the U.S. government, citing national security, asked Anthropic to suspend foreign nationals’ access to its frontier large models Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Anthropic then announced that, in order to ensure compliance, it would take both models offline for all users. This incident quickly sent shockwaves through the AI industry: if one country can, on security grounds, suddenly cut off global users’ access to frontier AI, then what exactly is AI—a commercial service, a piece of public infrastructure, or a new kind of strategic weapon? In the public discussion surrounding this incident, opinion quickly split into two camps. One side believes that frontier large models may be used for…
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2026年6月24日
In the Digital Age, How Do We Win the “Battle to Defend Childhood”

AI & Scholarship2025.06.01
In the Digital Age, How Do We Win the “Battle to Defend Childhood”
Published in China Science Daily (2025-05-30, p. 4, Culture). The original draft title was “How to Protect Childhood in the Digital Age”; this is a reprint of the published version. International Children’s Day on June 1 is approaching. The holiday was initiated by the Soviet Union, originally to commemorate the children persecuted in the Lidice massacre of June 1942; later it became “International Day for the Protection of Children,” aimed at protecting children’s rights to survival, health care, and education, and at opposing the hiring of child labor. As for the right to survival and the right to health care, adults ought to have those too. What is truly special…
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2025年6月1日
From Spirit Photography to Face-Swapping Apps: On the Popularization and Abuse of Technology

AI & the Future of Technology2019.09.01
From Spirit Photography to Face-Swapping Apps: On the Popularization and Abuse of Technology
Published in Jiemian Commentary: “From Soul Photography to Face-Swapping Apps: The History of Humanity’s Struggle with PS Technology” A face-swapping app called ZAO went viral overnight, triggering heated debate. Many people are worried about the popularization of face-swapping technology. Using AI to swap faces in videos is actually nothing new. In 2017, a user known as deepfakes began sharing pornographic videos that swapped the faces of the actors with those of film stars, drawing widespread attention. Later, the relevant program code was open-sourced and shared, the technology developed rapidly, and some derivative applications have long been easy for ordinary people to use. Face-swapping technology certainly has some legitimate uses….
technology commentary Introduction to Philosophy of Technology knowledge
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2019年9月1日