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The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li

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The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Nov 16
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Nov 16
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Dr. Fei-Fei Li is known as the “godmother of AI.” She’s been at the center of AI’s biggest breakthroughs for over two decades. She spearheaded ImageNet, the dataset that sparked the deep-learning revolution we’re living right now, served as Google Cloud’s ...

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Dr. Fei-Fei Li, a pioneering force in artificial intelligence, reflects on the field’s transformative journey and the pivotal role she played in shaping its modern era. From foundational research to real-world applications, her insights reveal how AI evolved from an academic pursuit into a societal catalyst—driven not just by technology, but by vision and responsibility.
08:10
AI is not artificial. It's made by people and impacts people.
13:02
Human learning and evolution are big-data learning processes.
18:30
Big data, neural networks, and GPUs are the three pillars of modern AI.
26:54
Current AI can't achieve what Newton or Einstein did
33:32
Spatial intelligence is key to advancing AI beyond language models.
42:30
Robots lack the abundant, perfectly aligned training data that language models benefit from.
48:03
Marble is the world's first app that can generate 3D worlds through prompts.
51:00
Marble cuts virtual film production time by 40x with Sony.
1:08:10
Focus on people, mission, and passion, not potential downsides.
1:12:30
HAI involves faculty from all eight Stanford schools.
1:14:24
AI is about people, and every profession has a role to play in its ethical development.

Chapters

Introduction to Dr. Fei-Fei Li
00:00
The evolution of AI
05:31
The birth of ImageNet
09:37
The rise of deep learning
17:25
The future of AI and AGI
23:53
Introduction to world models
29:51
The bitter lesson in AI and robotics
40:45
Introducing Marble, a revolutionary product
48:02
Applications and use cases of Marble
51:00
The founder’s journey and insights
1:01:01
Human-centered AI at Stanford
1:10:05
The role of AI in various professions
1:14:24
Conclusion and final thoughts
1:18:16

Transcript

Lenny Rachitsky: A lot of people call you the godmother of AI. The work you did actually was the spark that brought us out of AI. Winter. Dr. Fei-Fei Li: In the middle of 2015, middle of 2016. Some tech companies avoid using the word AI because they were ...