Key facts
- Zhang Lanshan teaches at the School of Digital Media and Design Arts at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
- Zhang said standardized AI-made short dramas are popular with audiences but pose a risk to diversity and artistic endeavor.
- Experts from several Hong Kong institutions also warned AI users about cultural effects, according to the report.
Zhang Lanshan, a professor at the School of Digital Media and Design Arts at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, told a forum in Macau on November 10, 2026 that formulaic AI-generated microdramas risk stifling human creativity and innovation. He said audiences loved such standardized content but that it posed a risk to diversity and artistic endeavor.
Experts, including from several Hong Kong institutions, also warned users of artificial intelligence about the cultural effects of the format, according to the report. The report did not name those experts or the Hong Kong institutions, and it did not give the name of the Macau forum or its organizers.