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Personal revelation makes it worthwhile

The book starts off with the premise that China has all the necessary elements to become a global leader in AI and potentially surpass the US next decade. China’s advantages in this race are attributed to the abundance in availability of data, cultural acceptance of benefits of tech ahead of concerns for privacy and a techno-utilitarian policy from the government.

The book then transitions into a cancer memoir like ‘breath becomes air’ albeit the author here is immensely fortunate to survive. He uses this experience to inform his suggestions on how to overcome the challenges that will be brought about by the de-stabilizing effects of AI on jobs.