EP. 169 · 09.12.2025 · 1:10:07
AUDACIOUS QUESTIONS AND FINDING YOUR NORTH STAR
with Fei-Fei Li
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EPISODE BRIEF — EP. 169 · AUDACIOUS QUESTIONS AND FINDING YOUR NORTH STAR Guest: Fei-Fei Li · Published: 09.12.2025 · Duration: 1:10:07 【OVERVIEW】 A personal conversation on scientific ambition: how Fei-Fei Li chose the questions that defined her career, what it cost to bet on ImageNet when nobody believed in it, and how she thinks about purpose in a field moving this fast. 【KEY TAKEAWAYS】 1. The immigrant scientist's beginning 2. Betting everything on ImageNet 3. Choosing audacious questions 4. Advice for the next generation 【CHAPTERS】 00:00 — The immigrant scientist's beginning 18:00 — Betting everything on ImageNet 40:00 — Choosing audacious questions 58:00 — Advice for the next generation 【TOPICS】Research · Careers · ImageNet · Immigration · Human-Centered AI 【WATCH】https://thedaopod.com/episodes/ep-169-fei-fei-li-north-star
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A personal conversation on scientific ambition: how Fei-Fei Li chose the questions that defined her career, what it cost to bet on ImageNet when nobody believed in it, and how she thinks about purpose in a field moving this fast.
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EP. 169 · AUDACIOUS QUESTIONS AND FINDING YOUR NORTH STAR
A personal conversation on scientific ambition: how Fei-Fei Li chose the questions that defined her career, what it cost to bet on ImageNet when nobody believed in it, and how she thinks about purpose in a field moving this fast.
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Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Author of 'The Worlds I See' and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
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