Unlike many of its predecessors, the book AI 2041 is not about a blatant dystopia or utopia—it's a far more practical and positive view about how society may use AI as a tool to shape it for the better.

Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan write about a time that AI helps us in ways that may make us more efficient and productive. But perhaps there's a precipice in trusting code to enter intimately into our lives. To empower AI is to allow a machine to effectuate answers, to allow the quantification of human patterns and behavior. Business, financial, and health applications are logical applications for AI, yet can we trust ourselves to be able to stop there? What if we expect a computer to provide us with the ultimate philosophical questions, like the meaning of life and our purpose?

The AI 2041 series is a reflection on the stories and predictions from the book, explored by world-class artists with unique visions. The artworks allow us to connect further with the message and draw deeper meaning, personal to each viewer.