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

<p><strong>Dr. Fei-Fei Li </strong>is<strong> </strong>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 Chief AI Scientist, directed Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Lab, and co-founded Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI. In this conversation, Fei-Fei shares the rarely told history of how we got here—including the wild fact that just nine years ago, calling yourself an AI company was basically a death sentence.</p><p></p><p><strong>We discuss:</strong></p><p>1. How ImageNet helped spark the AI explosion we’re living through</p><p>2. Why world models and spatial intelligence represent the next frontier in AI, beyond large language models</p><p>3. Why Fei-Fei believes AI won’t replace humans but will require us to take responsibility for ourselves</p><p>4. The surprising applications of Marbl...