Dr. Fei-Fei Li

through the rest of my life, honestly.

And I would have been content with that, you know,

Even if nobody in the world has heard of AI, I would be happily in my lab being a scientist.

through the rest of my life, honestly.

Even if nobody in the world has heard of AI, I would be happily in my lab being a scientist.

But what really changed is around 2017, 2018,

But what really changed is around 2017, 2018,

I felt like me as a scientist and the tech world woke up and realized, oh, wow, this technology has come to a maturation point that is impacting society.

I felt like me as a scientist and the tech world woke up and realized, oh, wow, this technology has come to a maturation point that is impacting society.

And because it's AI, it's inspired by human thinking, it's inspired by human behavior.

And because it's AI, it's inspired by human thinking, it's inspired by human behavior.

It has so much human implication at the individual level as well as the societal level.

it has so much human implication at the individual level as well as the societal level.

So as a scientist, I feel I was thrusted into a messier reality that I never really realized.

So as a scientist, I feel I was thrusted into

a messier reality that I never really realized.

Now, I have a choice.

A lot of my fellow scientists would just continue to stay in the lab, which I think is very admirable and respected, and still just focus on the science.

Now, I have a choice.

A lot of my fellow scientists would just continue to stay in the lab, which I think is very admirable and respected, and still just focus on the science.