Lex Fridman PodcastKai-Fu Lee: AI Superpowers - China and Silicon Valley | Lex Fridman Podcast #27
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- July 15, 2019
- Duration
- 1h 26m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures that manages a 2 billion dollar dual currency investment fund with a focus on developing the next generation of Chinese high-tech companies. He is the former President of Google China and the founder of what is now called Microsoft Research Asia, an institute that trained many of the AI leaders in China, including CTOs or AI execs at Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Lenovo, and Huawei. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine. He is the author of seven best-selling books in Chinese, and most recently the New York Times best seller called AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep27-sb See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact *OUTLINE:* 0:00 - Introduction 1:26 - Chinese soul 4:28 - Difference between cultures of AI engineering 6:39 - Role of data in near-term impact of AI 8:37 - Tesla Autopilot approach 11:56 - Microsoft, Google, Apple and Silicon Valley cultures 24:22 - Entrepreneurship in China 38:51 - Impact of AI on jobs 44:58 - Andrew Yang and UBI 48:38 - Jobs that can't be automated 56:20 - Role for governments 58:30 - Cold War and the arms race metaphor 1:04:50 - Freedom of speech & different value systems in China & US 1:07:37 - Privacy challenges 1:12:27 - Heart and soul of a business 1:14:00 - Facing mortality 1:18:46 - Hard work and balance 1:22:12 - Advice to entrepreneurs 1:25:38 - First question for an AGI system *PODCAST LINKS:*
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SPEAKERS
Lex Fridman
hostKai-Fu Lee
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Kai-Fu Lee, Kai-Fu Lee: AI Superpowers - China and Silicon Valley | Lex Fridman Podcast #27 explores kai-Fu Lee on AI, China’s Rise, Jobs, and the Human Heart Kai-Fu Lee contrasts Chinese and American tech cultures, arguing China’s execution-heavy, data-driven approach and supportive government infrastructure make it a rising AI superpower alongside Silicon Valley’s breakthrough-innovation ethos.
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