Artificial intelligence will be the defining event of the 21st century. Within two decades, all aspects of everyday life will become unrecognizable. AI will lead to unprecedented wealth, the symbiosis of man and machine will lead to a revolution in medicine and education, and will create completely new forms of communication and entertainment. However, by freeing us from routine work, AI will also challenge the organizing principles of our economic and social order. AI will bring new risks in the form of autonomous weapons and controversial smart technologies. AI is at a tipping point, and people need to learn about both its positive aspects of AI and the existential dangers it can bring.In this provocative, completely original work, Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China and author of The Superpowers of Artificial Intelligence, teams up with famed novelist Chen Qiufan to envision our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In ten compelling stories, they take readers through the possible new realities of 2041:• 'Job relocation' industry emerges in San Francisco as deep learning AI causes massive job displacement|< p>• In Tokyo, a music lover immerses himself in an immersive form of celebrity worship based on virtual and mixed reality|• In Mumbai, a teenage girl rebels when AI big data compression gets in the way of romance| • In Seoul, virtual companions with advanced natural language processing (NLP) skills offer orphaned twins new ways to communicate|• In Munich, a rogue scientist uses quantum computing, computer vision and other artificial intelligence technologies in a revenge plot, that threatens the entire worldLooking to the not-so-distant horizon, AI 2041 offers urgent insight into our collective future, reminding readers that, ultimately, humanity remains the author of its own destiny.Who is this book forFor innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs who study the topic of artificial intelligence and its development in order to be the first in their field.For everyone who is interested in the future of humanity. Published in Russian for the first time.