In Munich, a rogue scientist draws on quantum computing, computer vision, and other AI technologies in a revenge plot that imperils the world.īy gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon, AI 2041 offers urgent insights into our collective future - while reminding listeners that, ultimately, humankind remains the author of its destiny. In Seoul, virtual companions with perfected natural language processing (NLP) skills offer orphaned twins new ways to connect. In Mumbai, a teenage girl rebels when AI’s crunching of big data gets in the way of romance. In Tokyo, a music fan is swept up in an immersive form of celebrity worship based on virtual reality and mixed reality. In San Francisco, the “job reallocation” industry emerges as deep learning AI causes widespread job displacement. In 10 gripping short stories, they introduce listeners to an array of eye-opening 2041 settings, such as:

In this provocative, utterly original work, Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and best-selling author of AI Superpowers, teams up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. AI is at a tipping point, and people need to wake up - both to AI’s radiant pathways and its existential perils for life as we know it. Meanwhile, AI will bring new risks in the form of autonomous weapons and smart technology that inherit human bias. In liberating us from routine work, however, AI will also challenge the organizing principles of our economic and social order. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education through human-machine symbiosis, and create brand-new forms of communication and entertainment. Kai-Fu Lee Chen Qiufan AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future Paperback 30 September 2021 by Kai-Fu Lee (Author), Chen Qiufan (Author) 1,050 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 353.56 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 3,571.00 Other new and used from 1,918. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will be the defining development of the 21st century.

AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee