Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li's journey to her own human story

Fei-Fei Li posing for a photo in a university lab (Credit: Courtesy of Stanford University)

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- A human story. Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li is an AI technologist known for her work to make the fast-moving technology more human, a crusade she launched via a widely-read 2018 New York Times op-ed. When she started to write a book, she focused on that work—until she shared a draft with her friend and fellow co-director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute.

He told her, "There are many AI technologists out there who can write a popular science book," Li recalls. "But for all the young people, young women, people of diverse backgrounds, and immigrants out there—there isn't much of a voice they identify with."