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2026-10-18
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Visible Chinese AI discussions yesterday covered OpenAI product experiences, Claude and development workflows, domestic models and open-source ecosystems, and practical agent usage. This issue includes 15 posts from individual accounts, sorted by interaction volume at the time of verification, with a maximum of two posts per author. Summaries use short excerpts from the original posts; see the original posts for details. Candidates come from public trending lists and do not represent the complete ranking of the entire X platform; interaction numbers are snapshots taken during collection.

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01Xiao Qi says · October 18, 2026

How to develop games using Codex and Unreal Engine?

How to make a game using Codex + Unreal Engine? Over the past week, I combined classic gameplay from Total War: Three Kingdoms and Mount & Blade. Using AI, I created a small game of my own. For this project, I've compiled the development process into a video to share my approach and offer more insights.

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
02lidang: The first to urge selling homes, studying CS, buying the S&P 500, paying $100, or using OpenAI and Anthropic · October 18, 2026

The academic landscape is about to reach a turning point, with only a handful of players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google...

Excerpt from the original post: Humanity is approaching an academic inflection point. The annual research output of just a few companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others—now exceeds that of all universities combined. This is achieved by burning tokens to generate thousands of agents per person, essentially infinite random draws...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
03lidang: The first to urge selling homes, studying CS, buying the S&P 500, paying $100, or using OpenAI and Anthropic · October 18, 2026

Four essential things for domestic computer science freshmen:

Excerpt from the original post: Four essentials for incoming computer science freshmen in China: 1. A VPN; 2. The best LLM coding plan you can afford, including Claude, OpenAI, as well as Zhipu, Kimi, Alibaba Cloud Qwen, Tencent, Xiaomi, ByteDance, Mi...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
05Qingyue is no longer sleepy · October 18, 2026

A viral image from six months ago captured this moment: 'Suddenly I understood my father's helplessness. Back then, he stood at the forefront of reform and opening up...'}, {

Excerpt from the original post: Half a year ago, an image went viral with the caption: 'At this moment, I suddenly understood my father's helplessness. Back then, he stood at the forefront of reform and opening up, witnessing the national GDP increase by a hundredfold, yet ultimately missed the train of that era. Today, you and I are immersed in the AI wave...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
06Guo Yu guoyu.eth · 2026-10-18

Codex today took over my Anycubic 3D printer.

Excerpt from the original post: Codex has now taken over my Anycubic 3D printer. Earlier this week, I shared on X a high-speed scanning project where an iPad acts as a scanner, using AI to correct distortions caused by rapid page turning in books and documents, creating a digitization system...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
07Guo Yu guoyu.eth · 2026-10-18

At my recommendation, BoBo is finally planning to open her own X (Twitter) account. You can follow her directly from now on for sexy photos and videos.

Excerpt from the original post: At my recommendation, BoBo has finally decided to open her own X account. From now on, everyone can follow her directly. I think it's better for her to share her own sexy photos and videos. We have been working together recently on AI projects and brands related to garment manufacturing and design...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
08dontbesilent · 2026-10-18

If you've resolved the issue with Claude Code account bans, you might consider trying Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) instead.

Those who solved the issue of Xinghuo Code being banned can try doing it on Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book). It's easier to work on there.

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification. · Verification needed: Personal viewpoints or experiences mentioned in the post have not been independently confirmed.
09KC · 2026-10-18

The Claude Code team has published an article on their internal code review process, which is arguably the most entertaining one yet.

Excerpt from the original post: The Claude Code team shared their internal code review process. One particularly entertaining detail involves a pull request that was reviewed and revised by an agent over 50 rounds in a single night, only to be manually stopped by its author. Their response...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
10Xiangyang Qiaomu · October 18, 2026

A friend recently shared that DeepSeek search quality is exceptional!

Excerpt from the original post: A friend recently shared that DeepSeek's search quality is excellent, even capable of reading WeChat official account articles. Yesterday, they launched Search and Fetch APIs. For 5 yuan, you can make 1,000 requests...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
11Ding · 2026-10-18

Haha, the more top-tier AI accounts exist, the more they resort to sensationalism and ignorance that is laughable. In the future, I will only follow accounts with fewer than 500 followers...

It's hilarious: the top AI accounts are often sensationalist and laughably ignorant. From now on, I'll only follow those with fewer than 500 fans.

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
12Art of Speculation · 2026-10-18

Just finished the latest All-In Podcast episode covering CoreWeave's debt crisis, Anthropic...

Excerpt from the original post: After watching the latest All-In Podcast episode, we see CoreWeave's debt crisis, questions surrounding Anthropic's IPO financial figures, and the regulatory calculations behind doomsday theories. Second-tier computing cloud providers like CoreWeave are facing a very real debt crisis...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
13AB Kuai.Dong · 2026-10-18

The blonde you liked was actually AI. A man in Brazil sold his entire home, drove over 1,200 miles, and went to meet her...

Excerpt from the original post: The blonde girl you liked was actually AI-generated. A man in Brazil sold his home and traveled about 2,000 kilometers to meet the woman he intended to marry. Upon arrival, he discovered that this dream partner did not exist; she was created by AI. The reason for this AI account...

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
14Mining Penguin | Join group and DM · October 18, 2026

Copy the prompt, give your phone number to your AI agent, have it receive a verification code, and it will automatically log in to Mobile or Unicom...

Copy the prompt, give your phone number to an AI agent, and ask it to send a verification code. It will automatically log in to China Mobile or Unicom's official website, contact customer service, cancel extra plans, and adjust your package based on your call and data usage to save money each month.

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.
15The Wall Street without names · October 18, 2026

The person responsible for AI video production has been found. We are still looking for someone who can write novels and short drama scripts.

The person responsible for AI video production has been found. Currently, we are still looking for someone who can write novels or short drama scripts. We need experience in novel or short drama scriptwriting, with a talent for storytelling, character conflict, suspense, and plot twists. You must understand the pacing of short dramas and know how to keep viewers wanting to watch the next episode. Topics are currently open.

Reason for selection: Yesterday's Chinese-language personal AI discussions, ranked comprehensively based on likes, shares, replies, and saves at the time of verification.