Kai-Fu Lee on the Global AI Race | The Mishal Husain Show
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Chinese artificial intelligence companies are rapidly closing the gap with their American rivals despite years of US restrictions on advanced chips. But the race between the world’s two AI superpowers is part of a much bigger transformation, says China AI pioneer and investor Kai-Fu Lee: one that’s upending companies, jobs and even how people think about work. Few have watched this historic moment unfold from as many vantage points as Lee, who has worked at Apple and led Microsoft and Google teams in China. In this interview with Mishal Husain, he talks about what the future might look like and how he uses AI everyday. 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 03:40 Working in China 9-9-6 04:35 The power of AI 06:15 Jobs are going to change 11:52 Rethinking what jobs mean to us 12:50 US versus China 14:45 “American companies will make more money” 20:23 Open source AI 21:52 From Taiwan to the US 24:25 “I have been a workaholic my whole life” 29:48 “The issue of facial recognition is
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