AI Superpowers
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Author: Kai-Fu Lee, 2018
AI·未来(李开复博士深度解析人工智能未来十年大趋势)
在《AI·未来》中，李开复凭借对全球科技业与人工智能行业的深入了解，为读者描绘了人工智能新世界的样貌、未来人工智能对社会的冲击以及在人工智能时代我们的应对策略。
《AI·未来》中，李开复将人工智能革命分为四波浪潮：互联网智能化（Internet AI）、商业智能化（business AI）、实体世界智能化（perception AI）、自主智能化（autonomous AI）。
前两波浪潮——互联网智能化及商业智能化——已经出现在了我们身边，互联网公司能以算法取代保险精算师、股票交易经理和医生助理。现在，感知人工智能正在把现实世界数字化，机器开始学习辨识我们的脸孔， 识别我们身边的物体与语音，理解我们的需求，搞懂我们身边的世界。第三波浪潮将彻底改变我们和世界之间的互动体验以及模糊数字世界和现实世界之间的分界。随着自动驾驶汽车的上路、无人机的飞天，智能机器人接管工厂，第四波浪潮——自主人工智能将进一步改变农业、交通、连锁餐饮等众多领域。
李开复博士是资深人工智能科学家，1988年李开复获卡内基梅隆大学计算机学博士学位，博士论文主题是关于世界上第一个“非特定人连续语音识别系统”。
1988年，《商业周刊》授予该系统“最重要科学创新奖”。他开发的“奥赛罗”人机对弈系统，于1988年击败了世界冠军。
而在任职微软期间，李开复博士则在自然交互式软件及服务部门，服务语言、自然语言、搜索等前沿技术。
2009年，李开复博士创立了创新工场，他所关注的领域从未离开人工智能，继续着他与人工智能的缘分。
AI has recently become a fairly widespread phenomenon. The idea of AI has its roots back in the 30s of the last century. Since then, there has been a craze for it in the West. Many companies compete on who will make a superior AI. One thing that has bothered both scientists and philosophers in regards to AI is how far we can get AI and what kind of effect it will have on us. China, on the other hand, has been sleeping on AI until the fateful day when Ke Jie, China’s best Go player, lost to Google’s AlphaGo back in 2017. This sent the whole of China into a craze and people started getting more and more interested in AI.
This is where Kai-Fu Lee comes into play. He is a former CEO of Google China and is considered to be the number one in China when it comes to AI development. His company, Sinovation Ventures, is said to match the finest the US has to offer when it comes to AI development, and even surpass them.
In this book, Kai-Fu Lee expresses his concern on how AI will affect the world order. He says that not only blue-collar jobs will be affected by the drastic advancement in AI technology, but also white-collar ones. He urges the US and China to accept the responsibilities that come with being the top contenders in this field. He offers a description of how each job will be affected and why. If you think that universal basic income is the key, you will come to disagree with Kai-Fu Lee. He believes that the solution to AI taking jobs away from people isn’t creating more work. His solution suggests that all it takes is implementing the jobs that can not be done by the AI as a part of every industry.
The book is an interesting read and shows the work done in the US through the eyes of a successful Chinese businessman. Through some fairly interesting anecdotes, your horizons will be expanded and the way you see the world might be changed.
