Today we’re joined by Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and author of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.
In AI 2041, Kai-Fu and co-author Chen Qiufan tell the story of how AI could shape our future through a series of 10 “scientific fiction” short stories. In our conversation with Kai-Fu, we explore why he chose 20 years as the time hor ... Show More
Oct 15
Your Ranking Model Is Optimizing the Wrong Thing with Zoe Weil - #780
In this episode, Zoe Weil, co-founder and CEO of Sequen, joins us to discuss how ranking systems can use live behavioral signals to optimize for purchases rather than clicks or search relevance alone. Zoe explains why approaches developed at data-rich social platforms don’t neces ... Show More
52m 44s
Oct 6
Why Jev Is Changing How We Build With AI with Diogo Almeida - #779
In this episode, Diogo Almeida, co-founder and CEO of TypeSafe, joins us to discuss Jev, TypeSafe’s recently released model for bringing fast, reliable intelligence directly into software. We explore the idea of “machine-native intelligence” and why Diogo believes models optimize ... Show More
1h 30m
Sep 2021
AI 2041: Why the Future is Already Here, with Kai-Fu Lee
Kai-Fu Lee is one of the world’s leading AI experts and a bestselling author. He founded Microsoft Asia’s research lab that has trained CTOs and AI heads at Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba and Huawei. As President of Google China he helped establish the company in the Chinese market. And ... Show More
1h 1m
Jun 2023
Chen Qiufan — AI 2041: 10 Visions of Our Future (EP.164)
<div class="ql-block" data-block-id= "block-d556fa4c-9bdb-464b-9165-c1ec789c5756">Chen Qiufan (AKA Stanley Chan) is an award-winning science fiction writer, screenwriter, creative producer, and columnist. He is the president of the World Chinese Science Fiction Association and th ... Show More
1h 13m
Nov 2018
Investor, AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee on the Future of AI in the US, China - Ep. 72
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee has been at the center of artificial intelligence for decades. dr. Lee developed the world's first speaker independent continuous speech recognition system, selected as the most important innovation of the year by BusinessWeek, and that was back in 1988. In the thr ... Show More
33m 53s
May 2025
Season 4, Episode 9: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and futurist Ray Kurzweil for a compelling conversation on the accelerating pace of technological change and its profound implications for the future of humanity. In his new book, The Singularity Is Nearer, Kurzweil revisits and update ... Show More
49m 11s