The AI guru Kai-Fu Lee has been forced to choose a side. It's not clear he chose the winning one.
Illustration by Luis Grañena
In May 2019, the Beijing-based venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee was serenaded by a children’s choir in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The song was “Rocky Top,” a wistful state anthem. “Rocky Top, you’ll always be home-sweet-home to me,” the children sang, as Lee, then 58, looked on graciously in a baby blue tie.
An excerpt from an article published by The East Tennessee Catholic covering Kai-Fu Lee's visit to St. Mary School in Oak Ridge, May 6, 2019. Credit: The Diocese of Knoxville
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