. >> host: and we want to introduce you to kai-fu lee, the author of this book, "ai superpowers: china, silicon valley, and the new world order." mr. lee will talk about the book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and some of the job you've held. >> guest: certainly. i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon in 1988 after that i worked in various capacities at apple, microsoft, google. mostly in executive management positions related to artificial intelligence. now i have my own venture capital firm. we have run this for the last nine years, and we also invest a lot in ai. >> host: what he didn't mention was he was the former president of the google china. and what kind of companies you invest in? >> guest: well, we are technology oriented d.c. so we really try to understand the technology trend and invest ahead of the curve. our largest investment area is artificial intelligence but also any tough technology area, breakthrough potential areas and also in education, b2b software and always looking for chinese applications and new consumer u

this is where kai-fu lee becomes uncharacteristically shy. he's a former apple, microsoft and google executive, he knows who's boss in china.t d technology the sharp weapon of the modern state. what does he mean by that? >> lee: i am not an expert in interpreting his thoughts. i don't know. >> pelley: there are those, particularly people in the west, who worry about this a.i. technology as being something that governments will use to control their people and to crush dissent. >> lee: as a venture capitalist, we don't invest in this area, and we're not studying deeply this particular problem. >> pelley: but governments do. >> lee: it's certainly possible for governments to use the technologies, just like companies. >> pelley: lee is much more talkative about another threat posed by a.i. he explores the coming destruction of jobs in a new book, "a.i. superpowers: china, silicon valley and the new world order." >> lee: a.i. will increasingly replace repetitive jobs. not just for blue collar work, but a lot of white collar work. >> pelley: what s

>>host: introducing kai-fu lee author of the book ai's superpowers. mr. lee will talk about that book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and the jobs you have held. >> a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon 1988 after that i worked in various capacities at microsoft and google and mostly in executive management positions related to artificial intelligence. and now i have my own venture capital firm over the last nine years and we invest a lot in ai. >>host: he didn't mention as a former president of google china and what type of companies do invest in we are a technology oriented venture capital we try to understand the trend and stay ahead of the curve the largest investment area is artificial intelligence but also the technology area and also education business to business software and always look for new consumer uses and primarily from chinese users. >>host: why are you always looking for that chinese application? . >> our firm has a lot of us trading so with china our advantages were used hour technical knowl

to introduce you to kai-fu lee. we will talk about your book in just a minute. first, give us your background. -fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon. after that, i worked in various microsoft,at apple, and google. now i have my own venture capital firm. we also invest a lot in artificial intelligence. kai-fu: he was also -- interviewer: he was also the former president of google china. kai-fu: we are a technology oriented v.c. we try to understand trends ahead of the curve. we try to understand breakthroug hs and education and b2b software, we are always looking for chinese applications and new consumer uses. we focus on companies in china, primarily for chinese users. interviewer: why are you always looking for that chinese application? of-fu: our firm has a lot mba's with u.s. training. is thatntage in china we can use our technical towarddge to help us look the chinese future. that is our differentiation against our competitors. the reason we don't invest too is we arede china also a very local investment firm in china. we don't un

. >> we want to introduce you to kai-fu lee. he is the author of this book, china, silicon: valley, and the new world order." we will talk about that book in a moment, what first, give us a sense of your background and some of the jobs you have held. kai-fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon. after that, i worked in various capacities at apple, microsoft, and google. mostly in executive management positions. now, i have my own venture capital firm. we have run this for the last nine years, and we also invest a lot in artificial intelligence. interviewer: he was also the former president of google china. what kind of companies do you synovation?n kai-fu: we are a technology oriented v.c. we try to understand trends ahead of the curve. our largest investment area is artificial intelligence, but also any technology areas, breakthrough potential areas, b2balso in education, software, and we are always looking for chinese applications and new consumer uses. we focus on companies in china, primarily for chin

to introduce you to kai-fu lee. we will talk about your book in just a minute. first, give us your background. -fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligence fr

>>host: introducing kai-fu lee author of the book ai's superpowers. mr. lee will talk about that book in just a minute but first give us a sense of your background and the jobs you have held. >> a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon 1988 after that i worked in various capacities

develop artificial intelligence with chinese technology leader and former head of google china, kai-fu lee. >> i think the u.s. companies, the best of them, tend to be ph.d. driven, research driven, aiming for a.i. to be a breakthrough and looking for applications. the best of the chinese, at least the emerging chinese a.i. companies are those looking for ways to make money and build a great product. reach the greatest number of people, either save a lot of costs or increase the margins or by increasing the clear efficiency and productivity with a.i. and robotics versus having humans doing routine tasks. i think the china approach is practical. it's focused on immediate usage and monetization, and i think those approaches are more business driven. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> up next, a look at state medicaid programs and health care innovations with comments from health law attorneys as well as health representatives from west virginia and

. >> we want to introduce you to kai-fu lee. he is the author of this book, china, silicon: valley, and the new world order." we will talk about that book in a moment, what first, give us a sense of your background and some of the jobs you have held. kai-fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligencom