Fei-Fei Li

“Even a cat has things it can do that AI cannot.”

“More than 500 million years ago, vision became the primary driving force of evolution's 'big bang', the Cambrian Explosion, which resulted in explosive speciation of the animal kingdom. 500 million years later, AI technology is at the verge of changing the landscape of how humans live, work, communicate,and shape our environment.”

“One thing ImageNet changed in the field of AI is suddenly people realized the thankless work of making a dataset was at the core of AI research.”

“If our era is the next Industrial Revolution, as many claim, AI is surely one of its driving forces.”

“Weaponized AI is probably one of the most sensitized topics of AI - if not the most.”

“For me it's very important to think about AI's impact in the world, and one of the most important missions is to democratize this technology.”

“We will not only use the machines for their intelligence, we will also collaborate with them in ways that we cannot even imagine.”

“The tools and technologies we've developed are really the first few drops of water in the vast ocean of what AI can do.”

“When I was a graduate student in computer science in the early 2000s, computers were barely able to detect sharp edges in photographs, let alone recognize something as loosely defined as a human face.”

“As for me, I'm an optimist.”

“I love Silicon Valley, but there is a dominant voice of, 'Tech is cool. Tech is geeky. Tech is a guy with a hoodie.'”

“I really believe there are no borders for science.”

“There is great potential to use computer vision technology in a constructive and benevolent way.”

“We talk a lot about building benevolent technology. Our technology reflects our values.”

“This is the world where our children will live, and technology should reflect that diverse world. With technology and a little love, we can make it a better place for them.”

“I consider the pixel data in images and video to be the dark matter of the Internet.”

“We need to inject humanism into our AI education and research by injecting all walks of life into the process.”

“The paradigm shift of the ImageNet thinking is that while a lot of people are paying attention to models, let's pay attention to data. Data will redefine how we think about models.”

“AI will impact every industry on Earth, including manufacturing, agriculture, health care, and more.”

“If someone has a fantastic biology background, he or she can contribute in AI and health care. AI has many aspects.”