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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
RM37.00 MYR
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

Imagining AI's impact on future society.

If you're curious about artificial intelligence and its potential influence on various aspects of life in the not-so-distant future, "AI 2041" could be a fascinating read for you. Kai-Fu Lee combines hard science with imaginative fiction to explore how AI might shape our world in 20 years. It invites readers to envision the future and consider the ethical implications of AI's integration into everyday life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
RM37.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780593240717
Authors: Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2021-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Science
Related Topics: Technology, Education
Goodreads rating: 3.84
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Description

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 smartphones 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:
 

Imagining AI's impact on future society.

If you're curious about artificial intelligence and its potential influence on various aspects of life in the not-so-distant future, "AI 2041" could be a fascinating read for you. Kai-Fu Lee combines hard science with imaginative fiction to explore how AI might shape our world in 20 years. It invites readers to envision the future and consider the ethical implications of AI's integration into everyday life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.