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Fei-Fei Li Helped Create AI, Now She Feels the Responsibility

Fei-Fei Li Helped Create AI, Now She Feels the Responsibility

The Mishal Husain Show vor 10 Monaten

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Stanford University Professor Fei-Fei Li has been at the
forefront of artificial intelligence research for 25 years, which
is why she’s been called the “godmother of AI.”

In this conversation she tells Mishal Husain how she arrived in
the US as a teenager after her parents decided to emigrate from
China. She also talks about the high school teacher who inspired
her and a deep love of physics, leading her to ask what she calls
“audacious” questions.

These days, amid her excitement about AI and its potential, she
also is focused on what humans must do to build safeguards, and
has a message for parents, too.

02:50 - AI is a “civilizational technology”

04:15 - “Technology is a double-edged sword”

05:45 - Being a tech CEO and an academic

06:45 - Falling in love with physics

08:00 - What is intelligence?

08:40 - Finding my first North Star

09:45 - Fei-Fei Li’s two key breakthroughs

14:52 - Moving from China to the US at 15

15:48 - Running the family shop taught me resilience

17:30 - “I wasn’t curious about nightclubs”

18:20 - My inspirational teacher

22:20 - “China is a powerhouse in AI”

23:00 - Creating 3D worlds with AI

27:20 - AI and the jobs market

28:40 - Are humans going to be replaced?

31:00 - “The machine overlord”

32:45 - What should parents tell their children?

34:40 - The AI bubble

36:00 - Powering the big data centres AI needs

37:20 - “I’m not a tech utopian or a dystopian”

38:00 - “My one worry is our teachers”

39:20 - “I’m conscious of my responsibility”

41:28 - Fei-Fei Li believes in timeless human values

42:00 - “My favourite book these days is Harry Potter”

Watch this podcast
here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS

You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s
notes on Bloomberg Weekend:
https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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