AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
BOOK
Large Language Models
by Kai-Fu Lee
Overview
Former Google China president and legendary AI investor Kai-Fu Lee maps the US-China AI competition and predicts which domains AI will transform first — drawing on deep insider knowledge of both Silicon Valley and China's tech ecosystem.
Full Description
A perennial bestseller and essential geopolitical AI read. Lee argues that the era of AI discovery is over — what matters now is implementation, and China's data advantages, government support, and entrepreneur culture make it a genuine co-superpower in AI. He maps the economic transformation ahead, which jobs will be displaced and when, and what a compassionate response to AI-driven unemployment might look like. Written before the LLM era but more relevant than ever as the US-China AI race intensifies.