Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

Technology could benefit or hurt people, so the usage of tech is the responsibility of humanity as a whole, not just the discoverer. I am a person before I'm an AI technologist.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

It is deeply against my principles to work on any project that I think is to weaponize AI.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

Governments can make a greater effort to encourage computer science education, especially among young girls, racial minorities, and other groups whose perspectives have been underrepresented in AI.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

Besides publishing its own work, the Google AI China Center will also support the AI research community by funding and sponsoring AI conferences and workshops and working closely with the vibrant Chinese AI research community.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

Just like the brain consists of billions of highly connected neurons, a basic operating unit in a neural network is a neuron-like node. It takes input from other nodes and sends output to others.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

I'm a go-getter. It's in my DNA. If I spend a lot of time lamenting on the difficulties, then it could be distracting.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

I don't know what would happen if the media starts picking up a theme that Google is secretly building AI weapons or AI technologies to enable weapons for the defense industry.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

I believe in the future of AI changing the world. The question is, who is changing AI? It is really important to bring diverse groups of students and future leaders into the development of AI.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

AI cloud is just very, very nascent.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

When eyes were first developed in animals, suddenly animal life becomes proactive.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

Yes, we have prototyped cars that can drive by themselves, but without smart vision, they cannot really tell the difference between a crumpled paper bag on the road, which can be run over, and a rock that size, which should be avoided.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

As one of the leaders in the world for AI, I feel tremendous excitement and responsibility to create the most awesome and benevolent technology for society and to educate the most awesome and benevolent technologists - that's my calling.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

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

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

AI is everywhere. It's not that big, scary thing in the future. AI is here with us.

Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li

The day healthcare can fully embrace AI is the day we have a revolution in terms of cutting costs and improving care.