On April 15, Li Xiang, the visionary founder of Li Auto, took to social media to share his candid perspectives on the recruitment of AI talent. He emphasized that companies ought to refrain from hiring individuals who lack a native or professional background in AI—namely, those who have not been directly involved in work related to models, agents, or similar AI-centric domains, nor have they acquired AI skills as part of their formal education—and then attempting to transition them into AI research and development (R&D) or operational roles. Li Xiang vividly characterized this approach as akin to 'overlooking the use of readily available gold and instead opting to extract it from ore,' highlighting the inefficiency and potential waste of resources involved.
