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Can AI Free Humans from ‘Routine’ Work?

Oct 10, 2018 | Inequality & Distribution | Labor | Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to replace routine jobs, says Dr. Kai-Fu Lee. But done right, that process could allow us to “pursue dreams, spend time with our loved ones and find out why we exist as humans”

Interview Featuring

  • Kai-Fu Lee

    • Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures
    • President , Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute

Also with

  • Rob Johnson

    • President
    • President, Institute for New Economic Thinking

Credits: Matthew Kulvicki, Nick Alpha

From the collection: Learn Economics at Home

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From the collection Learn Economics at Home

Dr. Lee talks with Rob Johnson about his new book, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018). He draws on his personal experience with the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S. and China to analyze its social, political, and economic implications. 

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