I think that's something deeply embedded in our human nature so it's kind of impossible you want to click in when people tell you okay you want a lottery or something because you know you wouldn't or you didn't buy it or anyways. utopian story so impossible to be plausible for the people to believe so I think that's why we turn away from the positive future to a much more negative and bleak and dark future imagination. It's not only about the AI superpower countries it's not even about the elites the privileged people it's about everyone is all of those ordinary people who am I gonna leave and suffer from this huge change of time? We need a paradigm shift on technology but also on the
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 the founder of the content development studio Thema Mundi. Chen joins the show to discuss his latest novel,
AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future, which he co-wrote with former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee. Part science fiction, part science forecasting, over ten short stories
AI 2041 imagines the different ways, good and bad, that AI will impact our society. The central thesis? AI will transform our lives, but we remain masters of our fate. Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Qiufan’s sci-fi influences
- When did the third wave of AI begin?
- Why is modern sci-fi so dystopian?
- How AI is going to impact education
- Hidden biases & the objective function
- Deep fakes & narrative collapse
- Accelerationism, balance & Daoism
- Do we need real jobs?
- Happiness is a byproduct
- Living in a post-scarcity society
- What’s next?
- MORE!
Books Mentioned:
- AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future; by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan
- Bullshit Jobs: A Theory; by David Graeber
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
- Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek; by Manu Saadia
- Waste Tide; by Chen Qiufan