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