I really enjoyed this conversation with Kai-Fu. Here's the high-level outline: 0:00 - Introduction 1:26 - Chinese soul 4:28 - Difference between cultures of AI engineering 6:39 - Role of data in near-term impact of AI 8:37 - Tesla Autopilot approach 11:56 - Microsoft, Google, Apple and Silicon Valley cultures 24:22 - Entrepreneurship in China 38:51 - Impact of AI on jobs 44:58 - Andrew Yang and UBI 48:38 - Jobs that can't be automated 56:20 - Role for governments 58:30 - Cold War and the arms race metaphor 1:04:50 - Freedom of speech & different value systems in China & US 1:07:37 - Privacy challenges 1:12:27 - Heart and soul of a business 1:14:00 - Facing mortality 1:18:46 - Hard work and balance 1:22:12 - Advice to entrepreneurs 1:25:38 - First question for an AGI system

Damn, for a relatively small podcast you're managing to pull in some pretty high profile guests. Guests who many people maybe haven't heard of, but probably should've heard of.

"why we exist in this world could be influenced by society too much, its only when facing death that you see what is truly important to you" - Kai-Fu Lee

I love Lex Fridman's interview style. His emphasis on heart, soul, cultural history/legacies and of course tech. Very enriching.

We need to approach the problem of AI very Kai-Fu Lee

Great podcast with Kaifu Lee! Really appreciate having a different perspective other than guests from the western world. Thanks Lex!

Kai-Fu Lee's english is very, very good. Super impressive. He's also very careful in his articulation, humble in his portrayal of where his expertise is and isn't and well put together generally. Great guest. I'll have to see what else there is out there about him... I'd never heard of him prior to this.

Your interview with Mr. Lee is one of the most informative I've heard in quite awhile. Thanks!

On of your best shows. Kai-Fu Lee also hit all the good points very eloquently. Thanks for sharing

Dear Lex, I stumbled into your podcast with Kai-Fu Lee who I already know about as a great contributor to AI and to many subjects, but I was truly impressed by the thoughtful questions you asked and your ability to articulate and to draw out many profound observations from Mr. Lee. Congratulations!

The UBI proposed by andrew yang is not a solution to loss of job that are coming as he himself has stated on many occasions. The UBI will help the American people manage and navigate during that transitional period.. Thus whatever the displaced worker will decide on, he or she might do so as at their own discretion...Mr Kai-Fu Lee yang's approach is actually the most logical for that phase of transitioning into another job #yang2020

This is a really great episode, thanks Lex

Request an interview with Peter Thiel next please.

damn, Lex. It is cool to see how many bigshots you can get on this podcast. i found this guest very insightful and his message at the end while generic to be very beautiful. while striving for success is great, it is wise not to foget one's family and loved ones in the process.

Lex, I had to read his book on the relationship between China and Silicon Valley for one of my college courses. I’ve been a long time fan but am just now seeing this interview, thank you for all your hard.

Thanks for the podcast. Really enjoyed the conversation.

Great podcast, Lex. You're quickly becoming one of my favorite podcasters. Can't wait for the Yang podcast.

Lee Kai Fu has a way of answering questions about AI that makes it very easy for the average listeners to understand.

Interesting to see more venture funds focusing on Artificial Intelligence! Great podcast!

Thanks for the great episode! At 40:16, Kai-Fu Lee gives the best explanation of Artificial Intelligence I ever heard.

This is one of the best interviews yet!!!

When is Andrew Yang coming to the show? I’m so anxious to see him respond or counter Kai point of no string attached UBI. I’m sure he agrees on finding life meaning, but man, we need to flush out the ideas of AI impact and inform the public. Beautiful discussion!

57 minutes in, Kai-Fu Lee resonates effortlessly. He's somewhere between brutal and tactful honesty and there's a lot of meaningful opinions and examples and he speaks freely about some pretty wild, abstract concepts but he's really right, it sounds like. Infrastructure, the competitive cities, effective retraining, it's awesome and we're all spectators to it. I like the points about healthcare, through and through a great interview great question posed and lots of quotable moments.

Just discovered this channel. Great stuff! Thanks.

Kai-Fu Lee's book is great, his thoughts on AI are phenomenal, but his thoughts at the end on love are what makes this for me. . . wow!!!

at 46:00, the part about retraining - it's basically impossible to retrain a large percent of aging "routine job" workers to do jobs of the future. Lee is smart and probably right about AI, but is not thinking outside of his own intellectual bubble regarding realistic solutions. UBI is the only realistic solution/transition for these types of workers. Ultimately, that person's value should not be tied to a subsistence job anyway.

Lex, having my light roast coffee on a study break. Enjoying the content, defining my vision further. Love you.

My favorite podcast of yours so far @lexfridman

Thank you Lex and Kai Fu Lee for the profound conversation about work and AI and meaning and love in face of death.

Kai-Fu Lee, such a humble person!

Great interview mate. Well done

The questions are so well thought and it makes the conversation so much more insightful.

This episode is excellent! Extremely interesting and pertinent questions met with beautifully thought out articulate answers. Thanks for this!

I have immeasurable respect for Kai-Fu Lee

This was a great episode, thank you!!

What a great interview. Really enjoyed it

I loved the part about his family. Thanks Kai-Fu!

This made my day. Brilliant and inspiring.

Lee is very well spoken, thoroughly enjoyed the interview, thanks Lex!

Such an interesting podcast, thanks Lex, your interviewing skills keep getting better!!

Really appreciated Dr. Lee's insights, knowledge and wisdom, which are truly needed nowadays.

Excellent podcast! Thank you 😊

Some real bright pearls of insight. Thank you so much.

Wow I've heard of this guy Kai-Fi before but now I'm really sold on this guy. His knowledge and insight are unparalleled especially his comparison of silicon valley vs. china trends

Wow ive been looking for an ai podcast for ever! Finally.

Wow Kai-Fu Lee is one of the most eloquent and well versed Chinese person I've heard. Sorry for this profiling, but honestly just by listening to him I admire him. I think I'll buy one of his books.

Thanks for this episode Lex :)

Dude....this was a beautiful intellectual conversation....thank you for.... simply listening at times...

This is one of the most awesome channels I have ever found. KZfaq should be recommending this to EVERYONE!

Wow.. that was fantastic...Kai-fu has Incredible insight, advice, knowledge even outside his expertise... I loved his answers to the very last... 👍

Loved the conversation. Thanks, Lex!

Thanks Lex & Mr.Lee for this informative video~! 👋

Thanks Lex! I think this was the most positive podcast of yours with practical advice to deal with future both at an individual (learn to plumb;) to social (having trust in each other to deal with global issues)

Just adding in here a comment to say verbally that I liked this podcast better than few others.. May be because Kai-Fu Lee's answers seemed unbiased and honest (to me), gave insights into the practical issues and and possible practical solutions, rectified the hype around "AI is at rise", how companies and governments around the world are adopting to AI (Chinese infrastructures with built in sensors to facilitate Autonomous Vehicle test circuits), scenario of the AI startups and the differentiation between ML against AGI based startups' planning and approaches, and the human touch - about his life experience (cancer) and after-effects (much useful for upcoming workaholics if they would like to help themselves) and the final question by @Lex_Fridman and Kai-Fu Lee's answer, really carefully thought, beautifully put and quickly replied.

Amazing podcast and guest. very informative on AI and China's contribution. Only of few which I listened over again not to miss any great insight. Thx Lex

Exceptional talk! Great job.

Thank you so much for these.

An excellent talk. Great questions, I like how you kept the personal questions to the end. Great way to run a show by starting at the IQ end of the spectrum and closing it with the EQ end.

спасибо, дружище, за это интервью =)

Very good questions, especially the starting ones, chinese soul, russian soul, differences etc. Thanks for this :)

Amazing interview. Thank you Lex

6:06 Oh!!!!! I'm cleaning my project data when listenning here.

this is whats needed, to talk and listen about this problem, muchas gracias!

1:14:38 right in my feels

Gangster Interview! Bravo!

This is really good stuff. Kaifu is a person with great insight to tech startups and AI and East-West culture difference.

Great interview !

Thank you for this. really enjoyed it....

Fascinating! Thank you.

SOLID EPISODE!

Great talk Lex! I appreciate Kai-Fu's openness! Thank you!

Really enjoyed this, his perspective his refreshing m.

Wow the name in the game, I really enjoyed this interview

This podcast is making me smarter everyday, definitely

Incredibly insightful conversation! Thanks, Lex! I was wondering if you would like to invite Yuval Harari to your podcast. Would be interesting to see historian's perspective on AI and disruptive technologies. And he is quite insightful too!

Wow what a great interview. You are very skilled.

Great interview, thanks a lot. However... ...an inordinate amount of comparing between U.S. and China-always about which is better, in what areas, why. (Touch on it here and there, sure; but curious how much Li keeps coming back to it.) Very informative interview. Thx, again.

You can see clearly here the intelligence and insights of a Chinese person. It’s very obvious here b/c the guy speaks fluent English . Imagine how many Chinese men and women are just as intelligent but we never get to witness it b/c of language barrier .

Man I'm about halfway through, but this is crazy enlightening about how China handles their infrastructure considering their national infrastructure bank is the world's largest. Great interview.

Lex bro, like always your interview ! God is good

Great and thought invoking interview

wow, how did you contact and get him. great interview

The last question is quite interesting

1:15:30 "accomplishments that were dear to me (...) when I faced mortality in a matter of months (...) these meant nothing to me (...) If I had 6 months left, I'd spend it all with my loved ones, thanking them, giving them love back and apologizing to them that I lived my life in the wrong way". The human part, an amazingly meaningful section of this interview: all "society shaping" and methods towards increased productivity crumble when we face our true purposes, taking off the blindfold (red pill?)...

Good podcast.

I think Kai-Fu Lee did summarize his book (AI Superpowers) in the podcast. Very insightful opinion by him. I share the same opinion regarding hard work and finding balance. Our families & relations are what drives us in the first place as such regardless of what undertakings we might have, we should always strike balance. I was hoping to hear the opinion on the state or probably the potentials of AI in other places say Africa rather than US & China or did I miss something?

Great interview! super insightful and open. Can you please interview Judea Pearl next?

Mr. Lee is a very intuitively intelligent guy. Many in advanced AI development including at Google and in US acedemia live in a self inflicted innovation echo chamber avoiding extreme diversity of innovation as a waste of time. China is rapidly learning to embrace this concept to balance out their culture of determination. They will ultimately win the global AI race without the fear of reaching into the unknown first and then worrying about all the reasons to not do so after the fact.

Lex we need John Carmack. Thank you for what you are doing!

Great interview still years later

amazing interview

Lex, who will you interview next that is the most experienced (“the BEST”) in geo politics to address the concerns that Kai-Fu Lee poses? (1:05:00 +/-)?

Lex, thank-you for all you do to bring us world class pod casts. I have learned so much from you, Joe Rogan, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel. You have truly enriched my world.

Кайфули, спасибо

This podcast was so good, and a very candid overview of potential future scenarios. Sadly the, "If we start to prepare now" never happened and here we are in 2023 with histrionics around AI at an all time high. Podcasts from 4/5 years ago on AI appear to have a more solid scalable strategy on how to manage the machine revolution.

Such great questions and answers. I am curious as to why Chinese aproach seems to be an accelerated Hierarchy design

Hi, are these podcasts available on Spotify? Thanks

The service you provide is so admirable. You are an American hero that was born in a foreign nation. That fascinates me. 😬👍

This is really great perspective

Wow, Lex Fridman mentioned Andrew Yang. Is there a possibility to see him on the podcast? :)