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Kai-Fu Lee has undoubtably written an important contribution to the fairly new conversations regarding the role artificial intelligence is likely to have on jobs and culture in the years to come. Most informative is his rich understanding of China’s development as a source of technological innovation. While most Americans think of China as a mere competitor, Lee provides a deeper perspective on China’s development within the tech space, and artificial intelligence more specifically. Lee is at his best when dissecting his four waves of AI revolutions (internet, business, perception, and autonomous) and the relative balance of innovation and potential between the U.S. and China therein. As is typical of most popular treatments of tech issues, the narrative runs a bit thin when Lee tries to relate some of his personal epiphanies and when it comes to some of his prescriptions regarding his predictions. To be fair, the personal trials and growth Lee details are significant and genuine. It is just that these latter parts of the book lack the depth of insight many readers come to nonfictions works about technology for in the first place. There minor issues aside, “AI Superpowers” is a fantastic primer on how tech and global political issues are likely to mix in the years to come.