New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- For the first time since DeepSeek claimed the limelight in early 2025, the company made its presence public at a Chinese government-organised conference, where it was represented by a senior researcher. The researcher, named Chen Deli, talked about his pessimistic outlook on the impact of AI on humanity, going so far as to claim that AI could wipe away all human jobs. During the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Deli was accompanied by the chief executives of many other Chinese AI companies, including Unitree and BrainCo.

The DeepSeek researcher said during the conference that AI could be helpful to humans in the short term, but it could threaten human jobs within a decade, and AI firms need to be aware of the ri...