"AI can alleviate mundane tasks performed by the human workforce so that we can focus more on complex work that ultimately provides a greater level of professional fulfillment, which is absolutely positive," he said.

So the question now is to make work less stressful and mundane by adding more joyful elements," he said.

The prototype opens up the opportunity for small business owners to run AI-backed offline shops and help shoppers avoid the mundane process of queuing up to pay, CEO Zhang said.

Well, you're in luck, because the rise of on-demand home-cooking services has made it easier than ever to outsource even the most mundane tasks.

But competition will intensify as government stops subsidies by end of 2020, say expertsNingde, located in East China's Fujian province, might appear to be like any of the hundreds of small, mundane cities across the country, famous only to the fishing industry and the few foodies who appreciate its marine specialty: the yellow croaker.