In this episode of pplpod, we profile Dr. Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer scientist often recognized as the "Godmother of AI" for her pivotal role in the modern artificial intelligence revolution. We trace her remarkable journey from a teenage immigrant working weekends at her family’s dry-cleaning shop in New Jersey to becoming one of the most influential figures in technology.

Join us as we discuss:

• The ImageNet Breakthrough: How Li defied skepticism to build a massive visual database of over 14 million labeled images, a project that fundamentally solved the data bottleneck in computer vision and catalyzed the deep learning boom of the 2010s.
• Championing Human-Centered AI: Her tenure as Co-Director of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI and her work establishin ...