Yue “Yola” Wu uses visual thinking and collaborative workshops to explore how design can support human decision-making. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
For Chinese product designer Yue “Yola” Wu, artificial intelligence is not only a tool for faster outcomes, but also a tool to turn career exploration into a form of self-discovery.
She thinks AI can be a medium for helping people see themselves more clearly — what they care about, how they make decisions and what futures they are able to imagine.
“I’m interested in how AI can reveal human intention, not just automate tasks,” Wu said.
This perspective is central to Future Fizz, an AI-powered career exploration experience designed to help young people imagine future roles beyond conventional job titles.
“AI is often described as a technology of automation,” Wu said. “But I think it can also become a technology of reflection. It can help people notice what they care about, understand why they choose one direction over another, and imagine futures they may not have been able to name yet.”
While career development can be filled with pressure, especially for young people asked to make decisions about an uncertain future, Wu saw a design opportunity in that uncertainty: using AI — itself a rapidly evolving medium — to help people prepare for futures that are also undefined.
Future Fizz does not begin with a fixed career recommendation. Instead, it looks at the small signals people leave behind — their interests, passions, skills, curiosities, and everyday preferences — and uses AI to remix those signals into fictional future roles. These roles are not meant to predict a user’s future; they are designed to make possible futures feel more open, playful, and discussable.
Through AI-generated fictional careers, transferable skills, and future scenarios, the experience turns career exploration into a form of self-discovery. A user might not know how to describe what they want to become, but they may recognize that they have an unusual combination of interests.
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