# In the AI Era, the Value of "People" Matters Even More in Later Life

- Source: 36Kr Embodied Intelligence
- Published: 2026-10-21T04:21:05.000Z
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- Original: https://36kr.com/p/4035048202359685?f=rss

## Summary

On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, Beike Charity and People magazine held a salon on later life and released a companion booklet, "New World, Old Friends: Observations on Later Life in the AI Era." The salon invited eight guests, including Dai Jun, Hu Yong, Zhang Yue, and Cao Cuifen, to discuss aging amid the AI wave. Cao Cuifen said she would prefer a privacy-protecting robot as a caregiver, while Hu Yong argued that technology is only a supporting tool above the waterline of the caregiving iceberg.