AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
iFlyTek has far surpassed Nuance in capabilities and market cap, becoming the most valuable AI speech company in the world.
Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Taking things a step further, brand-new developments like Xiong’an could even route the traffic in their city centers underground, reserving the heart of town for pedestrians and bicyclists. It’s a system that would be difficult, if not impossible, to implement in a world of human drivers prone to human errors that clog up tunnels. But by combining
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This near-death experience also gave me a new vision for how humans can coexist with artificial intelligence. Yes, this technology will both create enormous economic value and destroy an astounding number of jobs. If we remain trapped in a mindset that equates our economic value with our worth as human beings, this transition to the age of AI will
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Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
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Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Business AI mines these databases for hidden correlations that often escape the naked eye and human brain. It draws on all the historic decisions and outcomes within an organization and uses labeled data to train an algorithm that can outperform even the most experienced human practitioners. That’s because humans normally make predictions on the ba
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And if need be, they’ll subsidize that entire process to speed user adoption and undercut rivals. To Chinese startups, the deeper they get into the nitty-gritty—and often very expensive—details, the harder it will be for a copycat competitor to mimic the business model and undercut them on price. Going heavy means building walls around your busines
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A college degree—even a highly specialized professional degree—is no guarantee of job security when competing against machines that can spot patterns and make decisions on levels the human brain simply can’t fathom. Beyond direct job losses, artificial intelligence will exacerbate global economic inequality.
Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Wang didn’t build a $30 billion company by simply bringing the group-buying business model to China. Over five thousand companies did the exact…
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