Ex-Google President: 50% of Jobs Will Disappear! (And How to Prepare Now) | Kai-Fu Lee

Kai-Fu Lee is the co-founder of Sinovation Ventures, a venture capital firm funding Chinese start-ups. Before this, he was the president of Google China, and founder of Microsoft Research Asia. He's also the inventor of a speaker-independent, continuous speech recognition system. In our conversation we discuss: (00:00) - Introductions(01:50) - Kai Fu’s background(05:44) - What is the first AI(11:56) - AI’s future(15:01) - China’s strength in AI technology(20:09) - China’s Super App(24:38) - 996 and 997(28:10) - Engineering background(30:30) - Opportunities from AI(38:30) - AI as a double-edged sword(44:03) - Contribution to society(46:08) - Four Quadrants(49:39) - Relevant skillsets(52:59) - Humans falling in love with technology(55:54) - Working smart vs working hard(58:09) - Taking risks(59:20) - Longevity Watch full episodes on: https://www.youtube.com/@seankim?sub_confirmation=1 Connect on IG: https://instagram.com/heyseankim