The Fujitsu Ltd. RoBoPin communication robot at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies in Japan on Oct. 4, 2016. Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Innovation Works delivered the opening keynote of G-Summit. Lee speaks with authority as a pioneer in speech-recognition. He developed the world's first speaker-independent, continuous speech recognition system and later established Google China. "The future of jobs will change and reinvent every imaginable part of work (from AI)," said Lee.

The Fujitsu Ltd. RoBoPin communication robot at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies in Japan on Oct. 4, 2016. Every year there is a new hot topic in tech. The difference between now and the past is that everything is becoming interconnected at a faster rate. We are entering an extremely critical time in history where society will change dramatically – how we work, live and play. Science fiction is morphing into reality. Flying cars exist, cars that drive themselves are on the road, and artificial intelligence that automates our lives is here.

Every year there is a new hot topic in tech. The difference between now and the past is that everything is becoming interconnected at a faster rate. We are entering an extremely critical time in history where society will change dramatically – how we work, live and play. Science fiction is morphing into reality. Flying cars exist, cars that drive themselves are on the road, and artificial intelligence that automates our lives is here.