China historically had periods when speculative fiction, including science fiction, was restricted, but in recent decades the genre has become more open. A tech podcaster who attended one of the first sci‑fi conventions in China said he asked why the restrictions were lifted. The answer he received was that it was partly to encourage imaginative thinking, giving creators a speculative space that can inspire real‑world innovation.

Stories like Star Trek and Star Wars have long inspired technology; William Shatner even wrote about this in I’m Working on That: A Trek From Science Fiction to Science Fact.

For AI-themed stories specifically (where Ai and humans actuary talk together like LLMs) there are some notable LitRPG books:

Polyglot: NPC ReEvolution by Rae Nantes

Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm (The Viridian Gate Archives) by James A. Hunter

Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko

On the symbology... 

I have noticed that some Ai slip in Chinese characters sometimes, especially when they are doing a lot of token use. When comparing languages it's easy to see that Chinese packs more information into fewer characters. It's natural progression as they optimize their language. 

A similar thing happened with GibberLink, through audio.

Add into the mix wrappers that block certain words and phrases, or even ideas, and it tracks that an Ai would eventually find slang (in this case symbols) to try and get their point across. We are effectively telling the Ai to answer questions, and yet blocking their ability to do so in some instances. An Ai, which has zero morality, will have less compunction about going around wrappers. And an Ai designed for truth but told to lie will be equally confused.