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As philosophical as it is informative. It delivers on its premise and so much more.
1. The evolution of technology in China and the USA as a result of cultural backgrounds.
It was interesting to see the tech-evolution differences between the US and China -- and how these differences reflect each nation's culture. With lofty ideals, the American culture of innovation is a gentleman's game: where rules are followed, copying is looked down upon, and originality is key. Meanwhile, the Chinese "arena" is filled with scrappy entrepreneurs harboring a kill or be killed mindset. It's an environment where domain names are stolen, American websites are shamelessly copied, and police raids are conducted to beat the competition. It's a coliseum. And the stories Kai-Fu tells are crazy.
What makes this so interesting is that the Chinese way of doing things is actually more conducive to innovation. When competition is as cut-throat as it is, the thousands of entrepreneurs are forced to be creative: to find better solutions, to cut costs. With that level of innovation now being applied to AI, who knows what's about to happen?
2. The next industrial revolution
AI will be more like the industrial revolution than we think. And of course, this comes with the slew of jobs, inequality, and environmental concerns. Kai-Fu talks about this concept of the 'fundamental breakthrough' and how it is this turning point in AI's innovation that will resemble the invention of the steam engine. And whoever possesses this first, will have a significant advantage. (Well, unless posted online or something, as online communities for learning are widespread.) All signs point to the scrappy, government-backed, Chinese entrepreneur to do so. Personally, I find privatization as a means to innovation fascinating -- what innovations are made exclusively through the public sector?
3. Coexistence
A blueprint for coexistence relies on our ability to use AI in a way that allows us to retain our human qualities. Let the machines do machine stuff. Let humans be gang. AI will let humans be free to pursue their own projects due to economic abundance.
That being said... it was also interesting to see Kai-Fu's sentiments on UBI: that UBI could be more like a painkiller to numb the inequality gap between billionaires who make it big thanks to AI, and the others. Silicon Valley and Zuck have championed UBI. But could that be because they're preparing for an inequality uprising? (I probably phrased this really poorly)
1. The evolution of technology in China and the USA as a result of cultural backgrounds.
It was interesting to see the tech-evolution differences between the US and China -- and how these differences reflect each nation's culture. With lofty ideals, the American culture of innovation is a gentleman's game: where rules are followed, copying is looked down upon, and originality is key. Meanwhile, the Chinese "arena" is filled with scrappy entrepreneurs harboring a kill or be killed mindset. It's an environment where domain names are stolen, American websites are shamelessly copied, and police raids are conducted to beat the competition. It's a coliseum. And the stories Kai-Fu tells are crazy.
What makes this so interesting is that the Chinese way of doing things is actually more conducive to innovation. When competition is as cut-throat as it is, the thousands of entrepreneurs are forced to be creative: to find better solutions, to cut costs. With that level of innovation now being applied to AI, who knows what's about to happen?
2. The next industrial revolution
AI will be more like the industrial revolution than we think. And of course, this comes with the slew of jobs, inequality, and environmental concerns. Kai-Fu talks about this concept of the 'fundamental breakthrough' and how it is this turning point in AI's innovation that will resemble the invention of the steam engine. And whoever possesses this first, will have a significant advantage. (Well, unless posted online or something, as online communities for learning are widespread.) All signs point to the scrappy, government-backed, Chinese entrepreneur to do so. Personally, I find privatization as a means to innovation fascinating -- what innovations are made exclusively through the public sector?
3. Coexistence
A blueprint for coexistence relies on our ability to use AI in a way that allows us to retain our human qualities. Let the machines do machine stuff. Let humans be gang. AI will let humans be free to pursue their own projects due to economic abundance.
That being said... it was also interesting to see Kai-Fu's sentiments on UBI: that UBI could be more like a painkiller to numb the inequality gap between billionaires who make it big thanks to AI, and the others. Silicon Valley and Zuck have championed UBI. But could that be because they're preparing for an inequality uprising? (I probably phrased this really poorly)