DR. KAI-FU LEE is the chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, a leading technology-savvy investment firm focusing on developing the next generation of Chinese high-tech companies. Before founding Sinovation in 2009, Lee was the President of Google China. Previously he held executive positions at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Dr. Lee received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University, his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, and honorary doctorate degrees from the City University of Hong Kong and Carnegie Mellon. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2013, he has authored ten U.S. patents and over a hundred journal and conference papers. He has written eight top-selling books in Chinese, and has more than 50 million followers on social media.
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Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider,
Forbes, and more.
"After thirty years of pioneering work in artificial intelligence
at Google China, Microsoft, Apple and other companies, Lee says
he's figured out the blueprint for humans to thrive in the coming
decade of massive technological disruption: 'Let us choose to let
machines be machines, and let humans be
humans.'"--Forbes
"Provocative."--Fortune
"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation
superpower and in his new (and first) book, AI Superpowers: China,
Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why.
Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."--New York
Magazine
"Both a provocative and readable distillation of the conventional
wisdom on AI supremacy, as well as a challenge to
it."--Financial Times
"AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World
Order, by Kai-Fu Lee, about the ways that artificial
intelligence is reshaping the world and the economic upheaval new
technology will generate. We need to start thinking now about how
to address these gigantic changes."--Senator Mark Warner, when
asked about the best book he's read all year, Politico
"Kai-Fu Lee's smart analysis on human-AI coexistence is clear-eyed
and a must-read. We must look deep within ourselves for the values
and wisdom to guide AI's development." --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 & CEO Salesforce
"AI is surpassing human intelligence in more and more domains,
transforming the planet. Kai-Fu Lee has been at the epicentre of
the AI revolution for thirty years and has now written the
definitive guide." --Erik Brynjolfsson, professor, MIT,
bestselling co-author of The Second Machine Age and Machine,
Platform, Crowd
"Kai-Fu Lee is at the forefront of the coming AI revolution,
helping us transcend the limitations of thought, reach, and vision.
This seminal book on AI is a must read for anyone serious about
understanding the future of our species." --Peter Diamandis,
Executive Founder, Singularity University; bestselling author of
Abundance and BOLD.
"Truly one of the wisest and most surprising takes on AI. Kai-Fu
Lee 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
"In this riveting page-turner, one of the founding fathers of
China's AI industry tells the inside story of China'a rise as an AI
superpower, and shares his inspiring recipe for us flourishing
rather than floundering with AI." --Prof. Max Tegmark,
professor, MIT and bestselling author of Life 3.0: Being Human in
the age of AI.
"Kai-Fu Lee's experience as an AI pioneer, top investor, and cancer
survivor has led to this brilliant book about global technology. AI
Superpowers gives us a guide to a future that celebrates all the
benefits that AI will bring, while cultivating what is unique about
our humanity. 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 & CEO, Thrive Global.
"Kai-Fu Lee has a deep understanding of the science behind the
recent progress in AI as well as of China's growth as an AI
technological superpower. In this book, he shares illuminating
insights on how AI is likely to transform our societies and change
its economic and political landscapes, always with the eye of one
who cares about humanity and asks us to choose our future wisely."
--Yoshua Bengio, scientific director of MILA, deep learning
pioneer and co-author of Deep Learning
"Kai-Fu Lee may have the most comprehensive view of the global
technology scene of any living person." --Alan Murray,
President, FORTUNE
" AI is already presenting new economic opportunities - and new
problems of governance - for the United States and China. To deal
with this breakthrough, we first must understand how it is being
applied to transform our lives and our economies. AI Superpowers is
a superb primer on this important driver of change." --George
Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State
"Kai-Fu Lee has great insights on one of today's most exciting and
important technological trends. China's rapid development and
commitment to the future should bring an interesting and exciting
challenge to the U.S.: the game is on." -John Chen, Chairman
& CEO, Blackberry
"Kai-Fu Lee has been part of the AI revolution for decades. Now, in
this fascinating and galvanizing book, he puts into perspective
China's role in the emergence of AI superpowers onto the global
scene. He also gives us an optimistic view of a future where,
working together with AI systems, people can augment and amplify
many aspects of work and life." --Daniela Rus, professor and
director, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory.
"A unique book by one of the leading pioneers of the field of AI.
Kai-Fu Lee is a top notch researcher, business executive and
investor. He tells the tale of AI - in China and the US - better
than anyone else. A great read!" --Sebastian Thrun, Rebel,
and founder, Udacity
" Kai-Fu Lee has a message for Westerners that should be heard
loudly: the Chinese are coming and are positioned to dominate the
AI era. As an American technologist, the book well laid out a
cautionary tale for my fellow Silicon Valley inhabitants."
--Robert Scoble, Futurist
"Kai-Fu Lee's analysis of the perils and promises of AI is clear,
convincing, technically sophisticated, deeply personal, and humane.
Reading this book has given me a new way to think about the
technological future of China, the United States, and the world."
--James Fallows, The Atlantic, author of China Airborne and
Our Towns.
"Nobody understands the complex of issues that will drive the
explosive development of artificial intelligence in China and the
U.S. better than Kai-Fu Lee. He is a technical wizard who has led
AI research and development teams in both countries, has lived in
both cultures, and today operates one of the most prominent AI
venture funds in China. His insights into the diverse cultural,
governmental and technical factors that will frame the competition
between nations make this book a must-read for anybody interested
in the future of AI, and how it might change the world order."
--Tom Mitchell, professor of Machine Learning, Carnegie
Mellon University
"In this riveting narrative, Kai-Fu Lee provides a brief history of
China's emergence as an AI superpower in the short span of two
decades to rival the United States' previously unchallenged
supremacy. A must-read for anyone who is curious about what the
future might hold." -Raj Reddy, professor, Carnegie Mellon
University, Turing Award Recipient
"Kai-Fu starts off praising Artificial Intelligence, his passion
for thirty-seven years, and ends with a heartfelt homage to love.
This book is a moving pilgrimage from head to heart by arguably the
most successful Chinese engineer in history." --Larry
Brilliant, Technologist and philanthropist
"The book offers a wise guide to how we, as individuals, should set
our priorities each day, each month, and each year. And it offers
an equally wise, global perspective on how society might build a
future that harmonizes AI's power to think with humanity's
distinctive capacities for love, service, and compassion."
--Jeffrey Lehman, vice chancellor, NYU-Shanghai, former
president, Cornell University.
""Kai-Fu Lee's book is a must-read for the creators seeking to
understand and harness the potential of AI for themselves, their
organizations, and for the benefit of the world." --John
Hopcroft, professor, Cornell University, and Turing Award
Recipient
"In his insightful and heartfelt book, Kai-Fu Lee provides a
history and roadmap for Artificial Intelligence from his unique,
first-hand, multi-cultural perspective. This instant classic offers
a clear-eyed assessment of the state of the art along with its
likely impact on the future of work, wealth, and international
competition -- but it is also much more. Lee delivers his wisdom
with characteristic clarity and humility, richly illustrated with
inspirational stories and lessons drawn from his lifetime of
professional and personal experiences. Every civic-minded engineer,
entrepreneur, and public official should keep this book by his or
her bedside as an inspirational reminder of what it means to lead a
life of purpose and service." --Jerry Kaplan, AI expert,
serial entrepreneur, technical innovator, educator, bestselling
author, and futurist
"Few people have had Kai-Fu Lee's diverse experience in AI. His
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, Facebook
Research
"Remarkable and insightful. Meticulously researched and riveting."
--Adeline Mah, bestselling author of Falling Leaves
"Having worked closely with both of them, Kai-Fu Lee'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
"Kai-Fu Lee has spent his career being right about technology. In a
world where I fear many op-ed writers are worrying about spurious
side-issues of AI or being hopelessly optimistic about technology
automatically causing prosperity, Kai-Fu's clear thinking is
refreshing. It is particularly important to understand his careful
dissection of why US vs China is not a zero-sum game, but with
compassion and focus can lead to wins for the whole world. And the
personal story of an arch-technologist's response to dire medical
news is fascinating. I will be recommending this to all my friends
who want a primer on what's really going on with AI." --Andrew
Moore, dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
University
"Kai-Fu Lee offers an entertaining, insightful, and sobering look
at the not-so-distant future of AI and China's role in propelling
it forward. Its pages expose our smugness over our own
technological prowess and urge us to think carefully about the
implications of AI for society and, indeed, humanity at large."
--Joi Ito, director, MIT Media Lab
"Kai-Fu Lee has written an essential book for our times. His
lively, readable and personal perspective on China's transformative
achievements in technology and innovation is especially
important--required reading for every policy maker, technologist,
and business leader in the West." --Marcus Brauchli, former
executive editor, The Washington Post, and managing editor, The
Wall Street Journal.
"Kaifu Lee is a legend on both sides of the Pacific. He deserves to
be called a genius, because he has shown extraordinary intellect.
He is not only an expert in technology, especially AI, but also an
entrepreneur who has inspired so many to pursue their dreams. Only
a handful of people aspire to change the world, and among them only
a handful do. Lee belongs in that rare category, and in this book
he offers all of us insight into how he thinks and how he has done
what he has done." --Frank H. Wu, president, the Committee
of 100
"If you care about the future being brought to us by AI, this is
the one indispensable book of 2018. If you're an entrepreneur,
investor, or business leader, you'll relish the handicapping of the
relative strengths of the US and China as AI superpowers, and the
analysis of the stages by which AI will transform the economy. If
you're a policymaker, you'll find here the recipe for a successful
future human economy, even as more and more tasks are automated.
Anyone who reads it will be reminded that AI does not change what
really matters." --Tim O'Reilly, founder, O'Reilly Media
"This masterful, moving, and intensely personal story illuminates
the future of AI in China and the United States. For prosperity to
be shared, Kai-Fu Lee's voice must be heard. Simply a must-read for
all." --Stephen A. Orlins, president, National Committee on
US-China Relations
"Kai-Fu Lee distinguishes himself from the multitude of pundits on
AI that have emerged recently in that he has first-hand experience
in research, corporate leadership and investment in the field, as
well as deep working experience in the two leading AI powers in the
world: US and China. This unique background gives him unmatched
insight in this fast-evolving field. This is a timely and important
book." --Tony F.Chan, President of Hong Kong Univ of Science
& Tech and former assistant director of the National Science
Foundation
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