How will the future unfold? What is the impact of technology on business & society? As technology reorders the world in which live, who will be the winners and who will be the losers? Join Azeem Azhar, curator of the Exponential View newsletter, in deep conversation with the world's leading thinkers and practitioners exploring these and other important questions. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.
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episode 9: China’s Technology Transformation with Kai-Fu Lee
“China is no longer a copycat. It’s an innovator,” says Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and former president of Google China. He joins Azeem Azhar to explore China’s rapidly evolving tech scene, their embrace of automation, and their journey to AI dominance.
They also explore:
- How Covid has dramatically accelerated the use of consumer-facing robots.
- Why office workers are most vulnerable to replacement by AI.
- Why China is so attractive for tech investors.
Further resources:
- “China, an AI Superpower” (Exponential View podcast, 2018)
- “Kai-Fu Lee on how covid spurs China’s great robotic leap forward” (The Economist, 2020)
- “China Has Caught Up To US In AI, Says AI Expert Kai-Fu Lee” (Forbes, 2020)
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