key takeaways
- Dr. Fei-Fei Li is widely recognized as the “Godmother of AI” due to her pioneering work in inventing the AI image dataset ImageNet.
- Lee recently said on a podcast that many young people he encountered think too much about small things when making decisions about a job.
- He encouraged youth to focus on basics like their passion and belief in a company when deciding where to work.
He says a common mistake young professionals are making is thinking too much about every little thing while deciding about a job.Godmother of AI,
Dr. Fei-Fei LiStanford computer science professor widely regarded In form of Godmother of AI Due to his pioneering work in inventing AI image datasets ImageNetLee began developing ImageNet in 2006 It is based on the idea that teaching machines to recognize images will require large amounts of data. ImageNet database now exists over 14 million Annotated images and used for training countless Computer vision models.
on an episode of Lenny’s Podcast Released Sunday, Lee said many of the young people he encountered “think about every single aspect of the equation when deciding on a job.” These early career professionals get caught up in the small details of a job instead of making decisions based on their passion and belief in a company.
“Sometimes I want to encourage young people to focus on what’s important,” Lee said on the podcast.
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She said she sees young people asking “Where is your passion? Are you engaged with the mission? Do you believe in this team and believe in this team?”
Lee remains a pioneer in AI. Last year, he co-founding Vishwa LabsA spatial intelligence company that is building AI models that can generate 3D environments. The startup’s first product is an AI generator called marble Which creates a 3D world from a text prompt.
Lee said on the podcast that it has been a privilege to receive job applications from workers interested in joining World Labs. She urges professionals to “focus on impact” when deciding where to work and what kind of work they will do.
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Lee said she is fearless when it comes to intellectual pursuits, a quality she looks for in the people she hires.
“I’m a very fearless person intellectually, and I have to say, when I hire young people, I look for that because I think that’s a very important quality to have,” she said on the podcast. “You almost have to give yourself permission to be fearless and be courageous.”
She offered the example of how, early in her career, she was close to receiving tenure as a professor at Princeton University. However, in 2009, she decided to make the jump from Princeton to Stanford University and restart her tenure clock because she was attracted to the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Lee has been working at Stanford for more than 16 years now.
“I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about all the failure cases,” Lee said on the podcast. “I don’t think too much.”
key takeaways
- Dr. Fei-Fei Li is widely recognized as the “Godmother of AI” due to her pioneering work in inventing the AI image dataset ImageNet.
- Lee recently said on a podcast that many young people he encountered think too much about small things when making decisions about a job.
- He encouraged youth to focus on basics like their passion and belief in a company when deciding where to work.
He says a common mistake young professionals are making is thinking too much about every little thing while deciding about a job.Godmother of AI,
Dr. Fei-Fei LiStanford computer science professor widely regarded In form of Godmother of AI Due to his pioneering work in inventing AI image datasets ImageNetLee began developing ImageNet in 2006 It is based on the idea that teaching machines to recognize images will require large amounts of data. ImageNet database now exists over 14 million Annotated images and used for training countless Computer vision models.
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