The companies kind of can't help but keep doing what they're doing because they've got this powerful AI engine that they can tweak a knob and says, get more people to spend more minutes with me and then they're turning two dollars.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast. This is where you can find extended versions of my interviews on public

television. I'm Ian Bremmer. And today, we look at how artificial intelligence AI is changing

the way we live. From medical breakthroughs to the algorithms that control your newsfeed,

AI is touching nearly every aspect of human life. And there's more on the way.

Isn't there always? In fact, many experts believe AI is the biggest technological disruptor

since the Industrial Revolution. But is a robot coming for your job or your brain? How about your soul?

Take the red pill and stay right here when I speak to AI scientist Kai Fu Lee. He's CEO of Sinnovation Ventures and a former head of Google China. Let's get to it.

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Kifu Lee is author of the latest book, AI 2041, 10 Visions for the Future.

I want to start because you've spent your life working on artificial intelligence, and

it's a term that's used very broadly.

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