AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
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Summary
In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination， the former president of Google China and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an urgent question: How will artificial intelligence change our world over the next twenty years？
AI will be the defining issue of the twenty-first century， but many people know little about it apart from visions of dystopian robots or flying cars。 Though the term has been around for half a century， it is only now， Kai-Fu Lee argues， that AI is poised to upend our society， just as the arrival of technologies like electricity and smart phones did before it。 In the past five years， AI has shown it can learn games like chess in mere hours--and beat humans every time。 AI has surpassed humans in speech and object recognition， even outperforming radiologists in diagnosing lung cancer。 AI is at a tipping point。 What comes next？
Within two decades， aspects of daily life may be unrecognizable。 Humankind needs to wake up to AI， both its pathways and perils。 In this provocative work that juxtaposes speculative storytelling and science， Lee， one of the world's leading AI experts， has teamed up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to reveal how AI will trickle down into every aspect of our world by 2041。 In ten gripping narratives that crisscross the globe， coupled with incisive analysis， Lee and Chen explore AI's challenges and its potential:
- Ubiquitous AI that knows you better than you know yourself
- Genetic fortune-telling that predicts risk of disease or even IQ
- AI sensors that creates a fully contactless society in a future pandemic
- Immersive personalized entertainment to challenge our notion of celebrity
- Quantum computing and other leaps that both eliminate and increase risk
By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon， AI 2041 offers powerful insights and compelling storytelling for everyone interested in our collective future。
AI will be the defining issue of the twenty-first century， but many people know little about it apart from visions of dystopian robots or flying cars。 Though the term has been around for half a century， it is only now， Kai-Fu Lee argues， that AI is poised to upend our society， just as the arrival of technologies like electricity and smart phones did before it。 In the past five years， AI has shown it can learn games like chess in mere hours--and beat humans every time。 AI has surpassed humans in speech and object recognition， even outperforming radiologists in diagnosing lung cancer。 AI is at a tipping point。 What comes next？
Within two decades， aspects of daily life may be unrecognizable。 Humankind needs to wake up to AI， both its pathways and perils。 In this provocative work that juxtaposes speculative storytelling and science， Lee， one of the world's leading AI experts， has teamed up with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to reveal how AI will trickle down into every aspect of our world by 2041。 In ten gripping narratives that crisscross the globe， coupled with incisive analysis， Lee and Chen explore AI's challenges and its potential:
- Ubiquitous AI that knows you better than you know yourself
- Genetic fortune-telling that predicts risk of disease or even IQ
- AI sensors that creates a fully contactless society in a future pandemic
- Immersive personalized entertainment to challenge our notion of celebrity
- Quantum computing and other leaps that both eliminate and increase risk
By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon， AI 2041 offers powerful insights and compelling storytelling for everyone interested in our collective future。
Reviews
John Kim
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To say that AI 2041 is enlightening and valuable， is to understate its significance。 It’s organized around ten short stories - vignettes of future life transformed by advances in AI and data science that cover how we will learn， amuse ourselves， live in cities， deal with pandemics and more。 Each story is sandwiched between a non-fiction introduction and an epilogue that enable the reader to relate the likely trajectory of technology’s evolution to its impact on our social fabric。 In so doing， th To say that AI 2041 is enlightening and valuable， is to understate its significance。 It’s organized around ten short stories - vignettes of future life transformed by advances in AI and data science that cover how we will learn， amuse ourselves， live in cities， deal with pandemics and more。 Each story is sandwiched between a non-fiction introduction and an epilogue that enable the reader to relate the likely trajectory of technology’s evolution to its impact on our social fabric。 In so doing， the authors have created a new genre of “scientific fiction” that is sure to enlighten anyone who wonders where the heck this is all heading。Underneath its stories， AI2041 poses a more fundamental question that can be summed up as “so what for the humans？” Specific ponder-worthy topics include: “What is a career？” “How is our sense of what it means to be human likely to evolve？” “What will being ‘educated’ mean in the future？” “How will humans and machines come together in new forms of hybrid intelligence and what will be the new rules of engagement？”Much has been made of how AI will encroach on the “trade space” for human labor。 As AI devours jobs involving routine thinking and pattern recognition， we will begin to bid farewell to countless professional activities such as reading x-rays， legal research and basic accounting。 We can be certain that the pace of innovation will continue to accelerate as capital continues to pour into “AI everywhere” business models and their associated ventures。 It is also inevitable that we will need to continuously ‘negotiate’ our relationship with AI as it becomes ever more capable。 It’s worth noting that back in the 1990’s， author Dan Simmons described a future in which AI would not only coexist with humans but would eventually declare its independence and develop multiple competing embodiments and relationships with humanity while it pursued its own creative project of developing an “ultimate intelligence。” So stay tuned。One of the key contributions of AI2041 is to show us how to thrive in a world increasingly shaped by technology。 In a recent interview with me， Lee Kai-fu referred to the secret sauce of humans in the AI era as “warm skills。” I think this is a fundamental insight that calls out for more clarity about which proficiencies are inherently human and can never be replaced by technology。 These include empathy， compassion， collaboration， a growth mindset， agility， trust building， and creativity among others – what some refer to as “21st century skills。” In the vintage short story Virtuoso by Herbert Goldstone， a robot asks an eminent pianist for permission to learn the piano。 By day’s end， it plays Beethoven's Appassionata sonata with such feeling that it brings tears to the maestro’s eyes。 The story concludes with the robot refusing further involvement music， saying that “some things were not meant for machines。” The point here is that while a robot may be able to perform music perfectly， at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter。 Music is an inherently human activity， requiring human empathy and aesthetic sense to make a meaningful connection between performer and listener。 What does matter is when humans create the work， perform it， appreciate it and are moved by it。 And when we pay attention to the humanity in a performance – including its imperfections and idiosyncrasies – we express the kind of warm skills that will forever define our human ‘trade space。’Science fiction has historically opened our eyes to far horizons。 AI2041’s scientific fiction gives us a way to open our eyes to what is actually going on all around us and where things are heading。 。。。more
Shanice
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*A big thank you to the publisher for providing me with an arc for free in exchange for an honest review*Even though the execution of the stories as well as the writing style weren’t always my favorite I do think this book delivered really well on how AI is going to be influencing our daily lives all over the world。I really liked the formatting of reading a story and then a sort of technical analysis of the type of AI that was discussed in that story at the end of the chapter。 And don’t be scare *A big thank you to the publisher for providing me with an arc for free in exchange for an honest review*Even though the execution of the stories as well as the writing style weren’t always my favorite I do think this book delivered really well on how AI is going to be influencing our daily lives all over the world。I really liked the formatting of reading a story and then a sort of technical analysis of the type of AI that was discussed in that story at the end of the chapter。 And don’t be scared of anything being too science heavy or complicated， it was a really accessible read！ 。。。more
Max Lee
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I was a huge fan of Kai-Fu Lee's AI Superpowers， and I was lucky to get an advanced copy of AI 2041。 The book， co-written with Chen Qiufan， is an experimental form of fiction & non-fiction combination。 The book consistes of 10 fascinating stories about our future written by Chen， and then an analysis of the technologies and implications of these stories by Lee。 The stories were arranged from basic technologies to advanced technologies， and from one country to another。 The stories were fascinatin I was a huge fan of Kai-Fu Lee's AI Superpowers， and I was lucky to get an advanced copy of AI 2041。 The book， co-written with Chen Qiufan， is an experimental form of fiction & non-fiction combination。 The book consistes of 10 fascinating stories about our future written by Chen， and then an analysis of the technologies and implications of these stories by Lee。 The stories were arranged from basic technologies to advanced technologies， and from one country to another。 The stories were fascinating， and the technology descriptions are the best i have read。 As an art major， I can't believe that I could read an AI book and now understand AI technologies。 Highly recommended！ 。。。more
Shenlinglee
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I read the Chinese version of AI2041 which was released a little earlier。 The book has 10 fascinating stories， followed by technology descriptions that are very easy to read， as well as insight on implications of AI to our society。 My favorite story was quantum genocide， which includes and Unabomber-like genius who uses quantum comuters to conduct the largest vritual bank heist ever， and then creates tens of thousands of slaughterbots to commit genocide against a group of people。 This has the ma I read the Chinese version of AI2041 which was released a little earlier。 The book has 10 fascinating stories， followed by technology descriptions that are very easy to read， as well as insight on implications of AI to our society。 My favorite story was quantum genocide， which includes and Unabomber-like genius who uses quantum comuters to conduct the largest vritual bank heist ever， and then creates tens of thousands of slaughterbots to commit genocide against a group of people。 This has the makings of a James Bond like movie。 At the other extreme， another story， the Golden Elephant， tells a love story in India， where powerful AI tries to terminate the romance， for reasons that turn out to be extremely benign， and on the surface beneficial to the heroin。 This story extends the documentary "Social Dilemma" into a new domain -- that even if the AI is benign and aligned with user interest， it could do things to hurt a user。 Furthermore， even when a society works so hard to eradicate racial inequality， and even remove racial labels in a database， AI still finds a way to label people。 This story is one that could happen today。 Strongly recommend the book！ 。。。more
Ann Venkat
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Brilliant book。 The dramatized story version in each chapter brings to life complex AI topics and hotly debated points。 Much more impactful tham dry theory or lengthy explanations。 Some chapters like the isle of happiness and the job savior put forward very interesting perspectives and potential solutions about AI impacts on work， happiness and being human！ Highly recommend。
Daneel Lynn
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本書完全展現葉李華（元）總舵主所發明的方程式：科普 + 科幻 = 科科。偏偏趨勢觀察家、未來學家……（族繁不及備載）乃至於一般大眾很吃這一套。所以就科幻而言，找陳楸帆來執行反而能收到不錯的效果；就我對他作品的印象，他的故事執行力和細節鋪陳很強，但別指望他有什麼 conceptual breakthrough，所以承包李開復的限定小說化工程剛好而已。尤其前面要傳教的概念越清晰，故事表現就越好（只有某篇大概吃一帶一路業配太多，令人生厭）。後兩三篇李開復沒把握回答，只能虛虛地講我認為的時候，連帶故事也顯得空洞。因此全書主要還是在看李開復開示 AI 教，但看得細一點，就是深度學習外加 IT 技術的進步（個人不覺得這些全都算在 AI 裡頭）所造成的社會變局。深度就只是給非 IT 從業人員有個概念而已，本質上等同於中學資訊科技科目。只能說，要看科幻，請找真，科幻小說，有了更高遠的概念才能看得更遠。不過學寫小說的人倒是可以參考一下陳楸帆的技術活，至少我認為那是努力就可以達成的水準。（其實應該反過來說，這也是一種評量作品的標準）
Paul
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