Abstract
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the core themes of current Chinese science fiction (SF). Its emergence can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770–221 bce). Chinese AI-related SF of the twentieth century can be divided into three stages: Stage I—AI-peripheral fiction, Stage II—quasi-AI fiction, and Stage III—AI fiction. In the Mao era (1949–1976), Stage I stories were the most common, with Stage II just beginning to emerge. Stage II fiction then dominated the period between the end of the Cultural Revolution and the early Deng Xiaoping era (1977–1982), when Stage III novels started to appear in largish numbers. There is no strong link between SF and the development of AI technology in China in the twentieth century. Throughout this period, AI novels aimed at children serve a didactic purpose, and they adopt a humorous attitude towards the future development of mechanical intelligence.
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