Professor Alan Macfarlane, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, attended a fireside chat hosted by the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong on October 26. He discussed how artificial intelligence is transforming the creation and sharing of knowledge from an anthropological perspective, as well as the fundamental differences between AI capabilities and human experience. Professor Macfarlane also explored AI's potential impact on education, work, and future generations, and contrasted the differing attitudes towards AI in China and the West.