AI superpowers
Subtitle: China, Silicon Valley, and the new world order
By: Kai-Fu Lee
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781328546395
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies; COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General; Economic aspects; Artificial intelligence
Description: The United States has long been the leader in Artificial Intelligence. But Dr. Kai-Fu Lee--one of the world's most respected experts on AI--reveals that China has caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid pace. As Sino-American competition in AI heats up, Lee envisions China and the US forming a powerful duopoly in AI. He outlines the upheaval of traditional jobs, how the suddenly unemployed will find new ways of making their lives meaningful, and how the Chinese and American governments will have to cope with the changing economic landscape.

"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, Kai-fu 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."--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: China's Sputnik moment; title: Copycats in the Coliseum; title: China's alternate Internet universe; title: A tale of two countries; title: The four waves of AI; title: Utopia, dystopia, and the real AI crisis; title: The wisdom of cancer; title: A blueprint for human co-existence with AI; title: Our global AI story.