AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

Ten richly imagined science fiction stories set twenty years in the future, each paired with a rigorous analytical essay examining the AI technologies at its heart. From a young woman in Mumbai navigating an insurance algorithm that controls her fate, to a deepfake scandal in a near-future Cairo, to a child raised by artificial intelligence in Munich — Chen Qiufan's stories span the globe and illuminate the human stakes of technological transformation. Kai-Fu Lee's accompanying essays ground each narrative in the actual trajectory of AI research. A unique collaboration between one of China's leading science fiction writers and one of the world's foremost AI experts, AI 2041 offers both the emotional truth of great fiction and the analytical rigour of serious non-fiction.