Half of current jobs will be taken over by AI within 15 years, China's leading AI expert has warned. Kai-Fu Lee, the author of the bestselling book "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order", told Dailymail.com the world of employment was facing a crisis "akin to that faced by farmers during the industrial revolution". Lee, who is a VC in China and once headed up Google in the region, has over 30 years of experience in AI. He believes it is imperative to "warn people there is displacement coming, and to tell them how they can start retraining".