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Race Li, a Chinese entrepreneur who has built an AI model that operates concert lights and visuals. WuLiao/Jex77
Under the kaleidoscopic lights of INS Park, one of Shanghai’s largest nightclubs, the dance floor pulses to more than just music – it responds to algorithms.
Beams of light slice across grass growing out of the walls, and screens show images of rollicking ocean waves that morph into an explosion of fast-growing mushrooms. Bodies writhe and jump under the flashing lights.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/asia/how-china-is-embedding-ai-everywhere-even-in-nightclubs-20250603-p5m4fu
