Fei-Fei Li , a renowned pioneer in artificial intelligence, says a conversation with her mother changed the course of her career.
She notes that her parents, who brought her to the U.S. from China when she was 15 with hopes for a better life, had always been supportive of her work.
That feat is now widely credited with helping to spawn the “deep learning” revolution in AI.
Her mom was intrigued but unmoved.
“What,” she pointedly asked, “can AI do to help people?”
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