AI Superpowers

Resumen del libro

Kai-Fu Lee-one of the world's most respected experts on AI and China-reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the United States at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace. In AI Superpowers , Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in artificial intelligence, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us have expected. Indeed, as the U.S.-China competition in AI begins to heat up, Lee urges America and China to both accept and embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power. Most experts already say that AI will have a devastating impact on blue-collar jobs. But Lee predicts that Chinese and American AI will have a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. Is universal basic income the solution? In Lee's opinion, probably not. But he provides a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs can be enhanced with AI, and, most important, how we can provide solutions to some of the most profound changes in human history that are coming soon. "Having worked closely with both of them, Kai-Fu's brilliance for understanding and explaining the new AI world order is comparable to how Steve Jobs explained how personal computing would fundamentally change humanity. Kai-Fu's book is that good." - John Sculley, former CEO, Apple "If you care about the future being brought to us by AI, this is the one indispensable book of 2018." - Tim O'Reilly, CEO, O'Reilly Media PRAISE FOR AI SUPERPOWERS "It's one of those books you read and think, Why are people reading any other book right now when this is so clearly the one they need to be reading?" - Arianna Huffington, founder, HuffPost , and founder and CEO, Thrive Global "Kai-Fu Lee's smart analysis of human-AI coexistence is clear-eyed and a must-read." - Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft "In his brilliant book, Kai-Fu Lee applies his superpowers to predicting the disruptive shifts that will define the AI-powered future and proposes a revolutionary social contract that forges a new synergy between AI and the human heart." - Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce "Truly one of the wisest and most surprising takes on AI that connects it with humans in a logical yet inspiring way. You'll find this book illuminating and exciting in equal measure." - Chris Anderson, head of TED "Kai-Fu's diverse experience has made him a sort of oracle when it comes to trends in AI-related technology in Asia and the rest of the world. This book tells the story." - Yann LeCun, director of AI research, Facebook "Kai-Fu Lee has been at the epicenter of the AI revolution for thirty years and has now written the definitive guide." - Erik Brynjolfsson, best-selling coauthor of The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd

Biografía del autor

Kai-Fu Lee es un empresario y escritor estadounidense nacido en Taiwán, considerado uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en inteligencia artificial. Graduado en Informática por la Universidad de Columbia, obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Carnegie Mellon donde, como parte de su tesis, desarrolló el que es considerado el primer sistema de reconocimiento del habla independiente: Sphinx. Ha trabajado para algunas de las compañías más importantes del sector como Apple, SGI, Microsoft o Google, donde desarrolló su carrera como presidente de la filial de la empresa en China. En 2009 funda Sinovation Ventures, un fondo de capital de riesgo orientado al desarrollo de la próxima generación de compañías chinas de alta tecnología. Es autor de siete libros que se han convertido en bestsellers en China y tiene más de cincuenta millones de seguidores en las redes sociales.